Infographics meets cooking: InfoCooking! With InfoCooking, people get to rediscover cooking through the use of infographics.
We compact the information of a recipe using a tool that most of us have instinctively learnt how to use; symbolism. By using illustrations, graphic objects, graphic properties and text, we are able to communicate the recipe and the reader is able to comprehend it fast and effortlessly.
What is a recipe? A recipe in the culinary field is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or create something. Traditional recipe books, the ones often found in book stores and at kiosks at airports and such, limit themselves in how they communicate recipes and often look like this: a title followed by a photo, the ingredients and a long text description of the cooking process.
The history of cookbooks stems back to more than 1500 years ago and rarely have we shifted from the format that we are use to. The media we use today, compared to what we used 5-10 years ago, is completely different. From paper and magazine, we have become much more digitalised and use our personal computers and hand-held devices for much of our media and information input. Because our world is revolving around this expansive digital market of information, we find ourselves wanting to bight off only small, compact and distinguished chunks to digest. Infographics does just that; it compacts information using a tool that most of us have instinctively learnt how to use, symbolism. By using illustrations, graphic objects, graphic properties, and text, we are able to communicate and the reader is able to comprehend something fast and effortlessly.
This project is a ColourBlind Independent Project (CIP) and is a part of our on-going goal to expand our contribution to graphic design. By experimenting with new methods of communication using infographic and icon-based tools, we plan on reinventing how people interact with media and technology.
We compact the information of a recipe using a tool that most of us have instinctively learnt how to use; symbolism. By using illustrations, graphic objects, graphic properties and text, we are able to communicate the recipe and the reader is able to comprehend it fast and effortlessly.
What is a recipe? A recipe in the culinary field is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or create something. Traditional recipe books, the ones often found in book stores and at kiosks at airports and such, limit themselves in how they communicate recipes and often look like this: a title followed by a photo, the ingredients and a long text description of the cooking process.
The history of cookbooks stems back to more than 1500 years ago and rarely have we shifted from the format that we are use to. The media we use today, compared to what we used 5-10 years ago, is completely different. From paper and magazine, we have become much more digitalised and use our personal computers and hand-held devices for much of our media and information input. Because our world is revolving around this expansive digital market of information, we find ourselves wanting to bight off only small, compact and distinguished chunks to digest. Infographics does just that; it compacts information using a tool that most of us have instinctively learnt how to use, symbolism. By using illustrations, graphic objects, graphic properties, and text, we are able to communicate and the reader is able to comprehend something fast and effortlessly.
This project is a ColourBlind Independent Project (CIP) and is a part of our on-going goal to expand our contribution to graphic design. By experimenting with new methods of communication using infographic and icon-based tools, we plan on reinventing how people interact with media and technology.