THE DESIGN
The design of this infographic is a tribute to swiss modernism & the postmodern movement. It features Bauhaus style type & distorted illustrations and makes for heavy use of images. I choose to stick to an illustration style of modernism & postmodernism to generate constraints and to experiment the extrapolation of my design process to conformity. I believe constraints inspire creativity & I am pleased with the outcome.
As a designer; I don’t usually like to work with pictures, if they are not necessary. For a number reasons – they don’t scale well, they’re very subjective & they always look out of place in infographics. I chose to incorporate pictures of faces and people to play on the stark dissonance between security and people. That, the very motif and motive behind this infographic. The state of security is that it is esoteric, archaic, and convoluted – not out of necessity, but out of languish.
I don’t imagine that many people read into infographics this much – nor do I expect them to, but I do believe in the power of silent design. An Infographic, an expression of visual art, should convey so much more than fact. Because without thought & concept, design is merely pushing pixels around a screen.
A look at some of the detailed illustrations:
A postmodern style illustration/manipulation/piece on Modern authentication processes. Attempts to juxtapose the dysfunctional concepts of password authentication with a human face.
An illustration exploring how passwords tie us down and restrict us.
A poster featuring a postmodern impression of counter surveillance & anarchy towards the security industry.
The Infographic:
