Mashable has posted this infographic in which LEGO pieces are used to explain exactly what an infographic is.

While the explanation has the potential to be quite complicated, when you think about all the research that is conducted and the data that is produced, sorted and then presented graphically, the bright coloured LEGO that we love, couldn’t make it any simpler.

The playful infographic was created by Hot Butter Studio.

View the infographic after the jump…