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This infographic was submitted to us by Big Steel Box, who provided this description:

Moving homes can be a big pain in the you-know-what. That’s why you need to make lists, stay organized and keep a calm head. The folks at Big Steel Box have prepared some helpful advice and a handy checklist to keep your moving day as relaxing as possible. Find out what you need to prepare for your next big move!

This graphic is full of great tips for making moving less stressful. Some are relatively common (confirming your moving date is DEFINITELY a must!) and some are nice and innovative. I’ve used canvas grocery bags, trash bags, pillowcases etc. to make moving in a car easier, but it’s something you might not think about until your trying to wedge the last box up against the curved ceiling of your car’s backseat. I’ve also neglected to label a few boxes out of the bunch before, which sure makes putting the boxes in their correct rooms impossible once you arrive!

While there are tons of great tips here, there’s no data, and no data viz. Checking out some moving surveys would be a great addition to this. What percent of people have accidentally left something behind in a move? What’s the first thing most people unpack? What percent of people hire movers as opposed to doing it themselves? A little bit of data would spice this up nicely.

Overall I’d give this a B+ as a moving tool but a D as an infographic, since there isn’t any data.

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This was submitted to us by SpareFoot, and published by Penske Truck Rental.

This infographic does a great job of using branded colors, keeping design clean and packing in a lot of information. There are a few good examples of data viz here, but for how many numbers there are, I’d really like to see some more.

The first number, representing number of miles driven on Memorial Day weekend, is designed in a cute odometer theme. It can’t really be counted as data viz, but this sort of creative visual makes a good substitution. However, as you continue to scroll, you see plenty of numbers that offer no attempt at visualization. It would be great to make scaled representations of each size truck, to see how much 14 additional feet of length and 950 cubic feet of interior space really adds to a moving truck.

In all, it’s easy to get through and makes good use of iconography, but a little more data visualization wouldn’t hurt. (The Americans standing under storage unit roofing is a cute visual, but ideally there would be a key showing, perhaps, 1 person icon = 10 million Americans, then including 31 person icons under the roof.) I also wonder if the intro paragraph is a bit misleading, because it seems to indicate it’s going to explain why Memorial Day weekend is popular. It instead explains how popular it is.

I’d give this a solid B overall–nice work!

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This infographic comes from Atlas World Group. The following is an excerpt from the description they provided:

“Nationwide, the top five reasons for moving include:
1. To establish own household
2. To be closer to work/school/other
3. Needed larger house or apartment
4. Wanted better home
5. New job or job transfer

This infographic was developed to give readers a quick look at migration patterns and the
reasons why people move.”

There is a good amount of relevant data here. It’s pretty interesting to see where people are moving out of and into, and that there is such a wide variation by region in the main factors contributing to people’s moves. The consistency in the colors of the regions throughout is nice, and the designer dodged the potential for bleeding onto white-backgrounded websites by providing gradient shading on the sides of the infographic, and using what appears to be an off-white for the center (unless mine eyes deceive me).

While I’d like to see more different types of data to round out the IG, what’s here is useful information that is laid out in a clean way. It’s easy to follow and interesting to viewers who are moving, thinking about moving, wondering about population migration, or curious what the reasons are for people moving in their region of the country.

I’m a little unsure why “U.S. Migration Patterns” is capitalized, while “and reasons why we move,” which seems to be part of the title or a subtitle, isn’t capitalized. But that, along with the desire for some more info, is pretty much my only critique.

Overall I would give this infographic an A-. It’s executed pretty professionally, seems appropriate for its information, is in keeping with design and dimension standards for infographics, and tells an interesting story–if a short one. Just a little more data would help make this even better.