FRUITS OF LABOUR

INFORMATION DESIGN

Fruits of Labour poster framed and laid on a grey floor against a grey wall.

THE CLIENT & PROJECT

Pregnancy is a natural process of life that has been long studied. Due to this, there is a lot of information on this topic that can be overwhelming to find and read through for some. The Fruits of Your Labour is an infographic that was made to summarize the process while also providing a visual representation of the size of the fetus and an associated food item of a similar size.

A pink infographic called the Fruits of Your Labour.

THE TOOLS

Google Docs

Illustrator

THE PURPOSE

Creating this infographic allowed for the summarization of complex information about a nine month process into a straightforward temporal infographic that the everyday person could understand. With the intention of telling the story of both the pregnant mom and her fetus, this project was intended to be lighthearted while also being informative.

THE STRATEGY

In order to create an infographic on a topic that I was familiar with but not an expert on, I had to first find a reliable source. This source was where I could find data to make notes. From there, I was able to summarize the facts.

A Google Docs table showcasing the trimester number, weeks, food items and the measurements in mm.

The organization of my research of the first trimester on a Google Docs.

The Fruits of Your Labour poster laid out on a grey floor background.
The wheel showing the months and associated weeks with a baby image in the middle.
The wheel showcasing the weeks of pregnancy with the associated fruit sizes.

THE PROCESS

Research was done by looking at the Week-by-week guide to pregnancy from the NHS website. This page provided detailed information on what to expect each week from the size of the fetus to what happens to the fetus and mother during that week of pregnancy. I wrote out the necessary data and summarized the data into a Google docs for organization of all the information.

Hand written notes about the fetus from week 4 to week 7.

I decided not to include the measurements of the fetus as I thought that this may differ from fetus to fetus and may cause stress to a new mother to be if her fetus was not the mentioned size for that week.

Instead, I decided to use the illustrations of the fruits that I created through Adobe Illustrator to provide an approximate size of the fetus.

A layout of the foods used within the infographic on a pink background.

THE LESSON

I was able to learn how to summarize difficult information about pregnancy into an easy to understand format.

Working in the medical imaging field I had some knowledge on the trimesters prior to this project. However, this infographic did teach me about the fetus’ activities and the symptoms that the mother has throughout the weeks.

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