4 Page Magazine Article
The timeline portion of the article is illustrative, easy to follow and very brief, focusing more on the time and cause of death than the fine details of how or what will happen. The more detailed information is given on page 3 which describes in a couple sentences how each condition affects the body. The readers who are more engaged by the timeline portion of the infograph will be drawn towards the explanations and can get further content from there. For younger readers, people just ‘flipping through’ or readers who are only interested in the topic enough to read the (incredibly) easily digestible content, the timeline functions entirely independently of the explanatory copy and can be fully understood without needed further context.
As there have yet to be any actual deaths from ejection into outer space, I was able to be liberal with the style and tone of the infograph. There are no fallen astronauts to mourn or remember and thus the topic does not need to be treated with that sort of care. The flat, bright and cheerful illustrations and colours bring the tone of the infographic—one of a particularly horrific death—down to a fun and light read for most ages and demographics.
Colours were a warmer, rich dark blue to represent space while staying warm and friendly. An orange or derivative of orange is used in many of the illustrations, furthering the warm and friendly feeling and complimenting the deep blue background. Orange + white is a common colour combination for astronaut gear as well.
