January 14, 2011
Illustration
Information can be beautiful
David McCandless hates pie charts — loves pie, but hates the charts. That gives you a bit of an indication of how passionate the author and designer is about the analysis and display of information.
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From an artistic perspective, his displays are great however the point of these displays is to communicate data?
If you agree it is, you'd be better served by a beautifully (and intelligently) designed pie chart.
By the way, I too like pie but I don't have a problem with charts. They're better than paragraphs, no?
---Ivan
Posted by: Ivan | February 8, 2011 1:03 PM