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This infographic was submitted to us by Houseplans.co. They also provided a description:

The Mid-Century Modern home style has seen a resurgence in popularity as homeowners increasingly appreciate its clean, elegant lines and integration of outdoor elements. This infographic shows how this futuristic style developed from the early ranch house plan.

It’s a little hard to judge this infographic as there is no data visualization. It’s a timeline with a breakdown of the elements that make up each style of ranch house, and while there are a few numbers, none of them are visualized. It’s very informative, however, and does leave me with a pretty clear sense of the distinctions between home styles.

The layout and color scheme are fairly simple so it is easy to follow the order of information in the design. One thing I was curious about was that the introductory paragraph refers to “the Mid-Century Modern home,” but that term isn’t used again later on. It’s a little unclear to which home plan that term is referring, since “mid-century” in terms of time would be the Modern West House Plan, but the phrasing in the intro seems to allude to it being the 21st Century Modern instead.

The data shown with 21st Century Modern could easily be visualized in an engaging way that makes used of the numbers. 10 homes, 10 home icons. 22 awards, 22 trophies. Instead, a single icon is used to represent each point, and the number is just written out. I think it would be interesting to see visually that Schnell’s Street of Dreams homes have won over two times more awards than there are houses.

In all I’d give this graphic a B+ as a tool for home style distinction, but a D as an infographic — the few numbers there are are not effectively visualized.

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The Craftsman home represents a return to simplicity and quality craftsmanship – and it has re-emerged as one of the most coveted house plan styles in the United States today. In fact, recent data shows the Craftsman style is popular across all age groups and regions. The following infographic explores the hallmark features of a Craftsman home plan, as well as how the beloved style developed.

This graphic is a great tool for those wondering what it is that actually makes a Craftsman home a Craftsman. The illustrations are clear and helpful, the color palette is intriguing but not overpowering, and the chart showing relationships between similar house styles is a nice touch.

Classic infographics involve data visualization, and the chart is a good way to visualize relationships, while the map showing the states where Craftsman homes dominate is a traditional and effective technique. But since the map deals with the only numbers here, there’s no opportunity for bar charts, pie graphs, etc. The designer did a good job tackling the information given despite the lack of data, though.

The block of text for “America’s First Craftsman Home” and “Lloyd Wright & Craftsman” looks a little weighty between two text-light illustrations, so I might consider breaking them up in some way. My eye wants to skip over them to check out the diagrams instead. I wouldn’t say that either has too much text, all things considered, but together they look a little thick.

In all I’d give this a B — a few more data points with numbers would be a great addition to this design!

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This infographic was submitted to us by House Plans, who wrote this brief description:

We took a look at the most sought-after architectural styles in each state and discovered that the Craftsman home plan is not only popular across all age groups, but it remains a top choice from one end of the country to the other. This infographic highlights what we found and explores the origins of the nation’s top home design styles.

This is a pretty interesting set of data. Before reviewing, I’m not sure I would have even though it possible to show the most popular style of home in a particular state! The breakdown of style preference by age group is also intriguing, though it clearly shows that Craftsman Home Plans are the most popular across all age groups and most states.

The problem I’m having is in the lack of cohesive design. For starters, the pattern key for Median Age in the map makes it nearly impossible to differentiate between 37.5 – 39.9 and < 35. There are many more patterns that could have been used--stars, stripes, checkerboard, hearts, etc.--so the repetition of circular dots across three of the metrics is perplexing. Also, the background patterns on the three sections of the infographic change drastically and don't seem to relate to each other, or really to the topics of the subsections (with the exception of the Timeline of Architectural Styles, as graph paper insinuates blueprints).

The introduction of blocks of text in the timeline is a little overwhelming. Notice that there aren’t really that many words per style–fewer than 100–but the vertical layout of a typical infographic makes a small amount of text look significant.

In all I’d give this infographic a C–it has good data and a unique topic, but it’s difficult to interpret the first set of data, the design needs to come together and the text could use a little truncating.

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This infographic was submitted to us by Swiftcover, providers of Swiftcover home insurance. They provided this description:

Get a quote in double swift time and see how much you could save with swiftcover.com car insurance. And now you can save on your home insurance too. Insurance shouldn’t be a hassle nowadays – in fact it should be easy. That’s why we were the first UK insurance company to offer our customers the convenience of printing their own motor insurance certificate. Our Swift Space area stores all your insurance documents safely online and car insurance customers are able to change their insurance policy details, submit claims, view a renewal and much more – all online! Compare our rates and get a cheap car insurance or home insurance quote from Swiftcover today. Time is money. Save it.

This has a lot of great information on what UK residents consider must-haves for the coolest possible house. Everything is covered, from pools to location to the style and size of house. The data is well-documented and it paints a great picture of domestic desires.

The iconography style is distinctive, clear and simple, so the graphic is easy to move through and you almost don’t need to read the subheadings to know what most of the answers are referring to. However, I’d like to see more emphasis on data visualization. It looks like an attempt was made in the first section to show that the circle containing “43%” is bigger than that containing “30%”, but the trend doesn’t seem to be continued in the Type section. Making a very clear differentiation in size, proportional to each percent, would really help the viewer. It seems to be best illustrated in “We expect to have our dream house at”.

Overall I’d give this infographic a B-, because it stays light on text and is all data, but the data visualization aspect doesn’t seem fully realized.