I had not used Illustrator for about five years, actually more like ten years, but it was nice to find out that I still remember how to use a lot of its core features. I had fun doing this!

This infographic is meant for print not for web, although it looks nice on my iPad. The actual size is 11"x17" (tabloid).

Ricardo’s 2 cents about infographic design principles.

Jerome Bruner, in The Process of Education (1960, p.52), said the following about curriculum, “For any subject taught in primary school, we might ask [is it] worth an adult’s knowing, and whether having known this as a child makes one a better adult... A negative or ambiguous answer means the material is cluttering up the curriculum.” 

I believe this is also true for infographic design. While it is tempting to include a lot of visual elements to enhance the look of the graphic representation for cosmetic purposes, we must ask ourselves what each element brings to our design to make it useful for the end user. In other words, we have to ask ourselves, “is this clutter?”, and if the answer is yes, or if we are hesitant about the answer then we need to eliminate that element even if it is what we had thought to be the centerpiece of our design.

p.s. this book (in my humble opinion) is one of the "must-read's" for anyone serious about education