Caught Our Eye

Cross Country by the numbers – This is an uber-cool melding of the two components that every brilliant infographic must have: visual appeal and intriguing information. You see plenty of graphics that have one or the other, but rarely are they both so apparent. Here, a partial-cutout photo serves as the backdrop for a bar graph on runner improvement times over the course of the cross country season. The use of bold clearly indicates which runner is featured in the photo, and the deck provides an explanation in case the reader might not fully understand the concept. Using the photo in black and white helps with ease of readability and also sets it off from the rest of the spread.

– written by Brian Wilson, adviser, Palo Alto High School