Information is Beautiful

By David McCandless

Subjects: nyt:culture=2014-11-09, visualization, information, Ag250 .m35 2014, Wizualizacja informacji, Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc, graphic design, Statystyka, Information science, New York Times bestseller, illustrations, Pictorial works, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, World history, data, Handbooks, vade-mecums, Questions and answers--pictorial works, Questions and answers, Tabele, wykresy, Miscellanea, Knowledge, sociology of, Metody graficzne, Curiosities and wonders, 031.02022/2, Curiosities and wonders--pictorial works, visualisation, Miscellanea--pictorial works, design

Description: "A visual guide to the way the world really works. Every day, every hour, every minute we are bombarded by information - from television, from newspapers, from the internet, we're steeped in it, maybe even lost in it. We need a new way to relate to it, to discover the beauty and the fun of information for information's sake. No dry facts, theories or statistics. Instead, *Information is Beautiful* contains visually stunning displays of information that blend the facts with their connections, their context and their relationships - making information meaningful, entertaining and beautiful. This is information like you have never seen it before - keeping text to a minimum and using unique visuals that offer a blueprint of modern life - a map of beautiful colour illustrations that are tactile to hold and easy to flick through but intriguing and engaging enough to study for hours." - publisher Here's the TED talk delivered by McCandless in July 2010: http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html