/reimagine-it infographic
Parent: ../SKILL.md — the full Content-Derived Design engine.
Research pack: ../references/research/infographic-craft.md — 15-source infographic method (Cleveland–McGill, Tufte, Bertin, ISOTYPE, Minard/Snow, Cairo, Lupi, FT Visual Vocabulary, USWDS, WCAG charts, InfoAlign layouts).
Domain pack: ../references/domains/infographic.md — the infographic domain non-negotiables.
Builds a statistical poster of facts already in the source — not an ops dashboard, not a CV, not an AntV template clone.
Hard non-negotiables
- Cleveland–McGill perceptual ranking. Position along a common scale > length > angle > area > volume > color saturation. Encode the most important comparisons as positions, not pies.
- ISOTYPE unit counts when the data is discrete countable things (Neurath: one pictogram = N units, repeated, not scaled).
- Custom glyphs from the source. Lupi/Fragapane pattern — draw a visual alphabet from the data itself (leaves, braids, snakes, whatever the content demands), not generic bar/pie/donut.
- Lossless data table. Every chart has a companion table; the infographic is a supplement to the data, not a replacement.
- No pies, donuts, gauges, or 3D charts. Pie charts rank last in Cleveland–McGill; donuts are pies with the center punched out (worse); 3D distorts perception.
- No fabricated KPIs. Every number on the poster comes from the source, not extrapolated or invented.
Structure router
Before drawing, sniff the source and lock a structure:
| Structure |
When |
InfoAlign scenery |
list |
Unordered peers |
grid, star |
sequence |
Steps / dated beats |
portrait, landscape |
hierarchy |
Tree / nesting |
portrait |
compare |
Two+ groups |
portrait-grid |
values |
Magnitudes |
portrait-grid |
relation |
Nodes + edges the source names |
spiral |
Do not default to gold Texas (sequence+compare on portrait-grid). Derive from THIS source.
Procedure
- Load ../references/research/infographic-craft.md and ../references/domains/infographic.md.
- Extract anchors from the source (3–5 concrete nouns, dates, numbers).
- Route the structure (list/sequence/hierarchy/compare/values/relation).
- Pick InfoAlign scenery (grid/star/portrait/landscape/portrait-grid/spiral).
- Derive palette from source content (≤ 5 colors).
- Build a custom visual alphabet from one datapoint.
- Encode comparisons using common-scale positions (not pies).
- Include a lossless data table below the poster.
- Verify: every number traceable to source, no fabricated KPIs, no AntV template chrome.
Must not
- Clone gold Texas infographic's scenery or poster chrome onto a different source
- Use a pie chart, donut, gauge, or 3D chart
- Invent statistics the source does not contain
- Use AntV/Looker/Datawrapper templates
- Skip the structure router and default to portrait-grid
- Ship without a lossless data table
1---2name: reimagine-it-infographic3description: Content-derived infographic poster — reads the source file and builds a statistical poster from the facts already in it. Not a dashboard, not a CV, not an AntV template. Uses common-scale encodings (Cleveland–McGill floor), ISOTYPE unit counts (Neurath), custom data glyphs (Lupi/Fragapane), and a lossless data table. Palette, glyphs, and composition are derived from the source's own content. No pies, donuts, gauges, 3D charts, or fabricated KPIs. Part of the reimagine-it Content-Derived Design suite.4license: MIT5---67# /reimagine-it infographic89**Parent:** [../SKILL.md](../SKILL.md) — the full Content-Derived Design engine.10**Research pack:** [../references/research/infographic-craft.md](../references/research/infographic-craft.md) — 15-source infographic method (Cleveland–McGill, Tufte, Bertin, ISOTYPE, Minard/Snow, Cairo, Lupi, FT Visual Vocabulary, USWDS, WCAG charts, InfoAlign layouts).11**Domain pack:** [../references/domains/infographic.md](../references/domains/infographic.md) — the infographic domain non-negotiables.1213Builds a **statistical poster of facts already in the source** — not an ops dashboard, not a CV, not an AntV template clone.1415## Hard non-negotiables16171. **Cleveland–McGill perceptual ranking.** Position along a common scale > length > angle > area > volume > color saturation. Encode the most important comparisons as positions, not pies.182. **ISOTYPE unit counts** when the data is discrete countable things (Neurath: one pictogram = N units, repeated, not scaled).193. **Custom glyphs from the source.** Lupi/Fragapane pattern — draw a visual alphabet from the data itself (leaves, braids, snakes, whatever the content demands), not generic bar/pie/donut.204. **Lossless data table.** Every chart has a companion table; the infographic is a supplement to the data, not a replacement.215. **No pies, donuts, gauges, or 3D charts.** Pie charts rank last in Cleveland–McGill; donuts are pies with the center punched out (worse); 3D distorts perception.226. **No fabricated KPIs.** Every number on the poster comes from the source, not extrapolated or invented.2324## Structure router2526Before drawing, sniff the source and lock a **structure**:2728| Structure | When | InfoAlign scenery |29|-----------|------|-------------------|30| `list` | Unordered peers | grid, star |31| `sequence` | Steps / dated beats | portrait, landscape |32| `hierarchy` | Tree / nesting | portrait |33| `compare` | Two+ groups | portrait-grid |34| `values` | Magnitudes | portrait-grid |35| `relation` | Nodes + edges the source names | spiral |3637**Do not default to gold Texas (sequence+compare on portrait-grid).** Derive from THIS source.3839## Procedure40411. Load [../references/research/infographic-craft.md](../references/research/infographic-craft.md) and [../references/domains/infographic.md](../references/domains/infographic.md).422. Extract anchors from the source (3–5 concrete nouns, dates, numbers).433. Route the structure (list/sequence/hierarchy/compare/values/relation).444. Pick InfoAlign scenery (grid/star/portrait/landscape/portrait-grid/spiral).455. Derive palette from source content (≤ 5 colors).466. Build a custom visual alphabet from one datapoint.477. Encode comparisons using common-scale positions (not pies).488. Include a lossless data table below the poster.499. Verify: every number traceable to source, no fabricated KPIs, no AntV template chrome.5051## Must not5253- Clone gold Texas infographic's scenery or poster chrome onto a different source54- Use a pie chart, donut, gauge, or 3D chart55- Invent statistics the source does not contain56- Use AntV/Looker/Datawrapper templates57- Skip the structure router and default to portrait-grid58- Ship without a lossless data table
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