I got interested in fiber optic cables and while doing some research I discovered a lack of aesthetically pleasing educational material on the subject. I wanted to create something that was both technically accurate as well as beautiful and informative.
Cinema4D, Redshift, Illustrator
This piece is meant to be is aimed at a college level audience with some prior knowledge of the technical subject area. This represents an image that might appear in a text book or on a poster.
Fiber Optic Infographic
Experiments with color & glow
Process Images
Design process
Much of the design process for the fiber optic project was about research. The original goal for this project was to create an infographic based on real schematics for a specific fiber optic cable. However, I had to be flexible with this goal since this information appears to hard to obtain (unsurprisingly). I ended up using Corning’s patent for high density fiber optic cables along with some basic knowledge sourced from The Fiber Optic Association. This gives a relatively full picture of the average fiber optic cable used for commercial purposes, though the patent was a bit vague. The patents intentional vagueness made it challenging to decipher the different pieces and turn them into an easily digestible graphic. In the end the graphic was adapted a bit to be an aesthetically pleasing graphic explaining the general pieces of the cables. And it leaves room for a series delving into other more technical aspects such as: material types & uses, cable types-tactical, deep sea, ect. As well as a possible graphic on single mode vs multimode or stepmode.