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Birthdate: 1971
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Education: Westfield College
Occupations: designer
author
writer
journalist
Organizations: The Guardian
Wired Magazine
Your Sinclair (writer, reviewer)
Zero (reviewer)
PC Zone (writer)
Awards and honors: UK Doom Champion (1995)
Q Magazine Starmaker Award (1998)

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Information Is Beautiful (New Edition) by David McCandless

A ground breaking book when it was released. On a re-read still enjoyed the multitudinous interesting ways to portray information.
Some of the actual information looks a little suspect to me, but that isn't the point of course.
The book serves as a thought provoking inspiration, showing different and impactful ways of conferring information (although there are some truly awful fails too).

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CraigGoodwin | 21 other reviews | May 13, 2024 |

Information is Beautiful by David McCandless

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joshofthenight | 21 other reviews | Jul 6, 2022 |

The visual miscellaneum : a colorful guide to the… by David McCandless

I enjoyed the book, but I wish that the infographics had been based on information that was more rigorous.

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Katya0133 | 21 other reviews | Nov 10, 2020 |

Information is Beautiful by David McCandless

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