Information Design - Exercise 2

23.9.2025 - 8.10.2025 / Week 4 - Week 6
Omar bin Shafik / 0371439
Information Design / Bachelors of Design in Creative Media
Exercise 2
INSTRUCTIONS


Fig 1.1, MIB

EXERCISE 2
L.A.T.C.H. Infographic Poster

For this exercise, we were required to create an infograhic poster based on the LATCH principles.

Instructions:
1. Select 1 topic of your own choice and create a poster design.

2. Organize a group of information into a visual poster that combines and utilizes the LATCH principles (Minimum 4).
Location. Alphabet. Time. Category. Hierarchy.

3. You are required to use the digital photo editing/illustration software available to assemble the information into a LATCH infographic poster.

4. You are allowed to reuse back the images but you have to create the rest of visuals to complete the poster.

I decided on the topic of Pokemon. I want to create a poster showing the first five generations as they all use pixel sprites for the Pokemon in the games, with them being:

1. Generation 1 - Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow versions
2. Generation 2 - Gold, Silver, and Crystal versions
3. Generation 3 - Ruby and Sapphire versions
4. Generation 4 - Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum versions
5. Generation 5 - Black and White versions.

LATCH Principles

L - Location (Initial release area)
All released in Japan

T - Time (Year of release)
Gen 1 - 1997
Gen 2 - 1999
Gen 3 - 2002
Gen 4 - 2006
Gen 5 - 2010

C - Category (Visual style)
Pixel style graphics for the Pokemon.

H - Heirarchy (Total number of Pokemon in the series)
Gen 1 - 151
Gen 2 - 251
Gen 3 - 386
Gen 4 - 493
Gen 5 - 649

I started out with a rough idea on how I wanted the poster to look like. I placed Pikachu in the middle of the page since he was basically Pokemon's icon and would indicate the poster would be about the franchise.


Fig 1.2, Idea 1


Fig 1.3, Idea 2

I initially wanted to do vector images for the maps of each region in each generation but decided it would take too long and just focused on the initial version.

I decided to use the background of a pc box from the games as the background of the poster, and wanted to arrange the information in a list curving around Pikachu. 


Fig 1.4, Poster Process 1

I then filled out the poster with information and added images of the game covers beside the information.


Fig 1.5, Poster Process 2

Final Poster:


Fig 1.6, Final LATCH Poster


REFLECTION

This exercise was interesting. It taught me of a way to better arrange my information in an infographic or on a screen that makes it more digestible to the viewer. I could have been quicker in doing the exercise though as I as quite late in doing it.


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