Entry 8

Response to "Infographic Thinking Workshop"

From the reading I think this infographic thinking workshop is very meaningful, for nowadays the images and infographic play a more important role and widely used for people from different occupations to convey ideas and information. Also this infographic thinking workshop pays more attention on creativity, to visually convey ideas and meaning rather than traditionally think it as visual elements for recording. So with the creativity, during the process of making infographic, we can recognize new meaning and knowledge. And with the infographic thinking which approach and interpret reality, today we can also use infographic to translate a complex issue into an effective and recognizable visual form, which helps us to understand the reality and discover new knowledge. Therefore, from the idea of this workshop, it is clear that infographics actually can inspire and encourage critical thinking to the readers, rather than just convey ideas and make them have a better understanding about the information. And it is really meaningful for the workshop to develop infographic for visual communication and better understanding of reality since it has wide range of applications today.