Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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Quick answers
When should I pick Infographic blocks?
When the story is: dashboards, posters, one-pagers, exhibit boards.
When should I avoid Infographic blocks?
Skip it in cases like: the tiles hide that the numbers are not comparable.
Who invented or popularised it?
Isotype (Neurath, 1920s–30s) plus postwar magazine grids
What does it encode?
modular rectangles whose size and order rank importance
Is it OK in ads?
Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Will a teacher accept it?
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present.
Infographic blocks encodes values as modular rectangles whose size and order rank importance. Isotype (Neurath, 1920s–30s) plus postwar magazine grids.
In reports, ads and assignments it fits dashboards, posters, one-pagers, exhibit boards. Skip it when the tiles hide that the numbers are not comparable.
Make shapes, diagrams and charts in the browser. Download SVG or PNG — nothing is uploaded.
Work
- Work 1 — PowerPoint weekly: Infographic blocks for dashboards, posters, one-pagers, exhibit boards.
- Work 2 — One Infographic blocks on a quarterly bridge or KPI tile — not four.
- Work 3 — Build in Excel or Google Sheets, export SVG/PDF rather than a screenshot.
Ads
- Ads 1 — Meta, Google and retail print: one number, one shape, one arrow.
- Ads 2 — Keep callouts inside safe zones. No type in cropped corners.
- Ads 3 — If Infographic blocks will not fit a banner, keep the number and show the chart on the landing page.
School
- School 1 — lab reports and poster boards: does Infographic blocks answer the rubric?
- School 2 — Axis names, units, a source line. Markers read them.
- School 3 — Start with a mind map if you must; submit a figure that reads like Infographic blocks.
Steps
- Steps 1 — Write the claim in one sentence.
- Steps 2 — Check that Infographic blocks fits the claim. If not, switch.the tiles hide that the numbers are not comparable
- Steps 3 — Draw it flat in Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint.
- Steps 4 — Direct labels, faint grid, claim-title.
- Steps 5 — Check greyscale and a color-blind simulator.
- Steps 6 — Add source, period, units; export SVG/PDF.
Infographic blocks: honour modular rectangles whose size and order rank importance, and switch when the tiles hide that the numbers are not comparable.