In my Info Design Theory and Critical Thinking course at Northeastern University, our last weeks were dedicated to working on and revising a concept map meant to explain information design to a target audience. I chose cartographers/topographers as my audience because not only do I have a background in this area of study, but there are endless links between info design and mapmaking.

With the feedback of my professors and peers, I eventually designed a “foldable” concept map to mimic the portable aspect of a trail map (to remain on theme). The final draft is full of key terms and topics from the semester, and all are related back to cartography through examples and analogies. I used Adobe Illustrator for this.