Icons and Supporting Elements: Infographic of Conceptual Framework

Here is our completed infographic containing the eleven competencies that the educational professional needs to demonstrate.

I worked with Emily on this assignment and we both worked on several of the icons, and I created the final infographic.

In the overall design, I wanted to give a theme and feel of a stack of books, something that we felt represented education in a simple yet clear way. I used a variety of colors and shades to give diversity to the design and to make it visually interesting and eye catching.

I made sure all text was legible on the colored backgrounds, including drop shadows behind text at times to emphasize it. One serif font was used for all the titles of the competencies, and another sans-serif font was used for the descriptions. These fonts were kept uniform to give the overall design harmony and connectedness.

The placement of each book in this design was purposely scattered, as a stack of books wouldn't be perfectly straight and balanced in real life. Each book is touching the one below and above it as they would in reality, and the overall stack of books is generally centered on the whole page. As the stack of books go up, the idea is that they build on each other, much like the competencies that they represent do (attributes).

Every sub-component of this design is very specifically working towards the overall theme of the design in that they all seek to make the design seem like a realistic stack of books sitting on a desk (connotation). The type is placed as it would on spines of books, with borders and lines creating distinctions between various elements, and the icons serving as an added decoration that simultaneously creates easy recognition of the topics for the viewer.