In the hands of number crunchers, statistics can become bhains barabar. Which is why they need illustrators and graphic designers to make them easy on the eye. But, it's unfortunate that most economic journals and annual reports haven't moved beyond school-level pie charts and bar graphs. According to UX/UI designer Suchithra Sathiyamurthy, it's because they still "use PPT to design. They are not designers as such. That's the reason enough thought isn't put into their infographics."

Sathiyamurthy, 24, a Chennai-based trained architect from MEASI Academy of Architecture, and a busy bee at Rillusion UX/UI Design Studio, is trying to change that.