http://www.designingwithdata.com A Five Simple Steps Book Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.designingwithdata.com/the-art-of-making-information-beautiful#comment-2 Book Review: A Practical Guide to Designing with Data, by Brian Suda | I'd Rather Be Writing Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:10:37 +0000 http://designingwithdata.com/?p=18#comment-2 [...] Suda comments: While I personally find myself agreeing with Neville Brody, I also find myself defending David McCandless. Neville’s flippant comment about “It is very pretty, I would like that on my wall”, goes to the heart of the problem with visualizations and infographics, they are decoration more than they are tools to convey data. (The art of making information beautiful) [...] [...] Suda comments: While I personally find myself agreeing with Neville Brody, I also find myself defending David McCandless. Neville’s flippant comment about “It is very pretty, I would like that on my wall”, goes to the heart of the problem with visualizations and infographics, they are decoration more than they are tools to convey data. (The art of making information beautiful) [...]

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