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This infographic was submitted to us by Palatin Remodeling, Inc., who provided this description:

With the housing industry in such a shaky state, more and more people are turning to remodeling their existing homes, as opposed to buying a brand new one. According to the Residential Remodeling Index (RRI) the majority of cities who are doing the best in the remodeling sector are East of Texas. This infographic was designed by Palatin Remodeling Inc, a San Diego bathroom remodeling contractor.

This is a heat map depicting the top remodeling markets in the country. The color coding by density of Top 100 cities is helpful, but ultimately it is a map, not an infographic. I also find the color palette to be a little off-putting–the aqua/blue is awfully bright to dominate such a large part of the graphic.

If the designer added in some more visualizable data–what percent of homes in the top 10 markets have been/are being remodeled, the average cost of a remodel vs. the average cost of a new home, etc.–this could cross the threshold from map to true infographic. An introductory paragraph would also be nice, to explain a little more about what the map represents. The same descriptive text/blog post accompanying a graphic may not be reposted each time, so if an introduction exists right there on the graphic, all viewers will have context to the content they’re seeing.

As an infographic I’d have to give this a C-, since it’s pretty lacking in telling a complete story and including instances of data viz. I’d rate it higher as a map, however, since it does show some interesting concentrations of areas that are most prone and least prone to remodels.

The Kitchen Remodeling Process: Start to Finish – An infographic by the team at Palatin Remodeling, Inc.

This infographic was submitted to us by Palatin Remodeling, Inc. They included this accompanying description:

It seems like there is a severe lack of information readily available that tells the average homeowner what they should expect from a kitchen remodel. Sure, there are plenty of resources, like the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), but few of them are in an easy to read and easy to understand format. In fact, many were downright vague. So we decided it was up to us to create a kitchen remodeling infographic that breaks down what homeowners should expect from their kitchen remodel and what steps they need to take for it to be a success.

I like the fairly simple layout of this infographic. It’s easy for a viewer to first just scroll through and see what they need to consider before launching into the details of each particular section. The illustrations and color add some visual interest.

However, there’s a lot of text here–and the shadowing is extremely distracting. There are some spots where the text length is ideal (albeit with typos), but in most cases it’s just too much. I can see the designer tried to combat this by sectioning the text off into boxes, but reading all of this could take awhile.

I think this infographic could benefit from literally cutting the text in half. Each step on its own may not look like much information, but all together as a 10-step IG, I get intimidated scrolling through. Imagine if every icon within each step was represented by no more than 10-15 words. The design would be able to breathe, viewers could get just about as much information in far less time, and be more likely to read through to the end of the graphic.

In all I’d give this infographic a C. It’s got good info, but could use some design work and truncation to make it great.