The Decline of American Jobs

18Aug11

This is the latest installment of infographics by Claire. This one was trickier to research for because the topic is so complex. The initial information wanted was to show why America is losing jobs.

I want to quickly say that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is the best! They have a TON of different information and if I couldn’t find information I wanted, I’d shoot them an e-mail and within a couple hours they’d get e-mail me back with complete instructions on where to retrieve it. I’m a big fan.

My assessment of the progress that I’m making with infographics is that I need to work on telling the story. I don’t know if the stats I found really have a sequential link to one another, and I’m not convinced that the audience will get what they could/should get out of this. I think as I refine my process this will become better. I had a whole explanation written out about my process, but even that was confusing.

Other than that, I think the design is getting better – look I was able to add some illustrative elements! However, I would like to push into more creative realms. The style is how it is because I knew it worked and I was watching Mad Men while working on it, and there’s something about that 1960′s marketing feel that just screams, “BUSINESS MEETING!”
I will cite my former class-mate Seth Lucas and his BFA for the typography inspiration. I’m still learning how to combine different typefaces creatively, instead of defaulting to Gotham, and I wanted to mimic that style and play with it.

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