visual+literacy

The info-graphic used for this assignment is labeled “Overproteined” and seems to guide the reader to the conclusion that people in the United States eat much more meat than they need too. The whole image highlights four statistics about meat consumption in the U.S. laid out side by side in colored squares to form a box. Small graphics laid over the top the box give the image some visual depth and the numeric portion of each factoid is at the top of each in large, bold font. The individual images reinforce each of the four associated statistics and the pattern of their placement draws the eye through the whole graphic in an up and down motion. The title of the image could dominate a little bit more, it gets lost between the two images when it should be one of the first things seen. In terms of being able to process the information it would be nice to have some contrasting facts, like numbers for other countries or a breakdown of what the Daily Value is versus how much is typically eaten. Right now we are just looking at large amounts of protein but not necessarily too much of it.