Infographics
December 16, 2009 by johnpaulholden · Leave a Comment
I’ve just come across Information is Beautiful - an amazing blog by journalist/designer David McCandless which more or less turns news and trivia into abstract art. And these ‘visualising’ designs aren’t just pretty – they also convey information far more compellingly and memorably than would be possible with text alone. Have a look at the billion dollar o-gram (above) to see what I mean. I’m certainly not about to forget the fact that internet porn is worth almost the same as global aid donations or that the money spent on the Iraq War is almost six times the annual amount required to shift the world to renewable energy! There’s a feed from McCandless’ site at the bottom of this page.
