I stumbled across a fabulous website this morning. Information is Beautiful. It’s run by David McCandless, a writer and designer in London who does things like this:
and this:
As a species we generate a LOT of data–especially since the advent of computers. The amount of information being generated by genomic sequencing alone is massive. (in fact, they’re building an enormous new MaRS building at the University of Toronto that will have entire floors devoted entirely to storing said data). That’s great, but the larger problem is not storing the data, it’s processing it. Our brains are not computers. We are not hard-wired to be able to pick out the patterns in endless rows of numbers.
We need people like David McCandless who can present it in a meaningful way. What I especially love about his work is that it sits at the crossroads between arts and science. Or in this case, graphic design and statistics.
And fun too. Case in point:
p.s. If you want to get in on the action, he’s looking for extra data crunchers!
2 Responses to Information is beautiful
Leave a Reply
(Click on image to watch video)
OUR BLOGGERS
VINCI AU
posts | twitter
JESSIKA BAROI
posts
bobbi
posts| twitter | website
TREENA.C
posts | twitter | website
CHISALA CHAMAOMBE
posts | website
MICHELLE GYENES
posts| twitter
SALIMA HIRJI
posts | twitter
BETH HONG
posts | twitter | website
JEANNINE
posts| twitter | website
GORDON KATIC
posts| twitter | website
ALEC LEE
posts | website
DAVE SEMENUIK
posts| website | website
SARA SHAYAN
posts | web
JOSEPHINE XU
posts | twitter | website
KINOZHAO
posts| twitter
DAVID NG
posts| twitter | website
Wow..he presents data in stunning ways. I love the timelines! Thanks for sharing.
Love it!!