Information Design: Project 1
Information Design: Project 1
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2.2.2026 - 15.3.2026 / Week 1 -Week 6
Dave Christian Moniaga / 0385630
Interactive Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Information Design: Project 1
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Project 1
In this project, we are tasked to study one recipe from the Youtube channel
Pasta Grannies and breakdown the process into an intractable infographic poster. The
poster should transmit a set of instructions and educate the audience at the
same time.
Some of the requirements in this poster includes:
- Graphs, charts, diagrams
- Animation principles
- Information type
- Devices
- Principles (LATCH, etc)
- Aesthetics; isometric, simplified,
The video that I have chosen for this project is "Easy Ricotta ravioli with tomato sauce!".
Recipe listed in the description are as follows:
For the sugo:
1 large garlic clove, extra virgin olive oil, 1kg pork ribs , 400ml passata, 400ml pummarola tomato sauce (which has been bottled with garlic and herbs), salt, 2 small celery sticks with leaves
parsley stalks (kept from chopping the leaves see below)
The sugo needs to simmer for an hour.
For the ravioli filling: 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves 400g drained cows milk ricotta, 30g grated pecorino cheese
For the dough: 500g of soft wheat flour, 4 eggs, water if necessary (it will depend on the size of your eggs)
In a more simplified way, the steps from the video itself can be broken down into the sauce, the ravioli filling, and the dough. For inspiration, I looked at several food infographic in Pinterest. I also took screenshots of the making process from the video as a visual guide.
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| Fig 1.1 Food infographic & screenshots from the video as reference |
I started sketching a few thumbnails in Photoshop, primarily using the 1240x1750 pixel ratio as I believe the longer poster can fit more information.
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| Fig 1.2 Thumbnail sketches & basic steps for the ravioli infographic |
From the three that i have made, I chose the 2nd one as I believe the visual and presentation of information is more interesting. I then redrew the sketch in more detail with the text instructions to see if the overall layout design works.
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| Fig 1.3 Detailed sketch of the Poster with text instructions |
As I moved to creating the illustrations, I looked at several references in Pinterest and I decided to go for this stylized geometric vector illustrations.
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| Fig 1.4 Stylized food illustration taken from Pinterest |
Progressing into the design, I took the detailed sketch that I had finished and started laying down all of the base visuals and colors. Making sure the color choices are bright and vibrant.
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| Fig 1.5 Laying out the base colors in Photoshop |
Moving on, I also placed all of the text information of the poster; the title, ingredients list, and steps. The main fonts that I used are Filmotype Potomac, CornDog, and RL Horizon. Most of these text invoke a fun and playful retro feeling to it, which is exactly the idea that I wanted to focus on.
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| Fig 1.6 Laying down the text information (left) and the chosen fonts (right) |
Visuals of the instructions are also drawn, keeping it as simple as possible to make it easy to read and recognize especially due to the small size.
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| Fig 1.7 Close up on the visual instructions of each step |
The main visual attention lies in the illustration of the served ravioli. To make it eye catching, I specifically added an extra layer of depth using colors, shading, and small detail of the grated pecorino cheese.
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| Fig 1.8 Close up illustration of the served ravioli |
Lastly, small details like drop shadow on the visual instructions, text styles, and small adjustment in layout help to fully bring the infographic poster together.
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| Fig 1.9 Ravioli Instructable Infographic |
In week 6, a few additional feedback was given by the Mr. Kannan:
- Layout is slightly awkward, flow of steps is not intuitive
- Font shouldn't be too bold and black colored
- Don't miss visuals on some steps (First step of making the sago)
- Make background and visual instruction more contrast
There are other small changes made and they can be seen in this final design below.
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| Fig 1.10 Final Refinement for Instructable Inforgraphic - JPEG |
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