Designing for Social Interactions: Infographic Recap

This infographic concerning racially motivated crimes by Austin Barto was very interesting to me. I found the unique composition of a floating, 3D town very cool, and felt that stark color scheme and simple presentation of the data was very successful. 

From his infographic I learned that most incidents of racially motivated crimes happen near the resident's home and that the least amount happen in parks and playgrounds. It would be interesting to know the nature of these crimes as well, and if there is a correlation between the nature of the crime and where it happens. The design of this infographic inspired me to look at design problems in new ways, and make solutions that aren't the most obvious or the easiest. 

*Infographic by Austin Barto

Designing for Social Interactions: Infographic Update

I am creating an infographic about how working American mothers and fathers split up household responsibilities and how they spend their time, respectively.

My thesis is:

Dispite improvements in the balance between who does more in working households, mothers still spend more time on household chores and childcare than fathers.


These are some drafts of ideas I have for the compostition and layout of my infographic.

Sources:

I collected all my research from a great study done by the Pew Research Center over Social Trends.
See the following link for more info:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/11/04/raising-kids-and-running-a-household-how-working-parents-share-the-load/