Information Graphics. 45th Ed.
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Summary
How complex ideas can be communicated via graphics
“If you can’t explain it simply， you don’t understand it well enough。”
—Albert Einstein
Our everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in。 Considering this complex variety of data floating around us， sometimes the best — or even only — way to communicate is visually。 This unique book presents a fascinating historical perspective on the subject， highlighting the work of the masters of the profession who have created a number of breakthroughs that have changed the way we communicate。 Information Graphics has been conceived and designed not just for designers or graphics professionals， but for anyone interested in the history and practice of communicating visually。
The in-depth introductory section， illustrated with over 60 images （each accompanied by an explanatory caption）， features essays by Sandra Rendgen， Paolo Ciuccarelli， Richard Saul Wurman， and Simon Rogers; looking back all the way to primitive cave paintings as a means of communication， this introductory section gives readers an excellent overview of the subject。 The second part of the book is entirely dedicated to contemporary works by the current most renowned professionals， presenting 200 graphics projects， with over 400 examples — each with a fact sheet and an explanation of methods and objectives — divided into chapters by the subjects Location， Time， Category， and Hierarchy。
Features:
200 projects and over 400 examples of contemporary information graphics from all over the world—ranging from journalism to art， government， education， business and much more Historical essays about the development of information graphics since its beginnings Exclusive poster （673 x 475 mm / 26。5 x 18。7 in） by Nigel Homes， who during his 20 years as graphics director for TIME revolutionized the way the magazine used information graphics
“If you can’t explain it simply， you don’t understand it well enough。”
—Albert Einstein
Our everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in。 Considering this complex variety of data floating around us， sometimes the best — or even only — way to communicate is visually。 This unique book presents a fascinating historical perspective on the subject， highlighting the work of the masters of the profession who have created a number of breakthroughs that have changed the way we communicate。 Information Graphics has been conceived and designed not just for designers or graphics professionals， but for anyone interested in the history and practice of communicating visually。
The in-depth introductory section， illustrated with over 60 images （each accompanied by an explanatory caption）， features essays by Sandra Rendgen， Paolo Ciuccarelli， Richard Saul Wurman， and Simon Rogers; looking back all the way to primitive cave paintings as a means of communication， this introductory section gives readers an excellent overview of the subject。 The second part of the book is entirely dedicated to contemporary works by the current most renowned professionals， presenting 200 graphics projects， with over 400 examples — each with a fact sheet and an explanation of methods and objectives — divided into chapters by the subjects Location， Time， Category， and Hierarchy。
Features:
200 projects and over 400 examples of contemporary information graphics from all over the world—ranging from journalism to art， government， education， business and much more Historical essays about the development of information graphics since its beginnings Exclusive poster （673 x 475 mm / 26。5 x 18。7 in） by Nigel Homes， who during his 20 years as graphics director for TIME revolutionized the way the magazine used information graphics
Reviews
Valeria Beccari
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Not the best collection of datavisualization， I've definitely seen nicer。 gave it a three stars only for the brief essays at the beginning， they give a professional view into the field Not the best collection of datavisualization， I've definitely seen nicer。 gave it a three stars only for the brief essays at the beginning， they give a professional view into the field 。。。more
traveler， learner， lover
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Read this earlier in 2024 — forgot to log。
traveler， learner， lover
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Read this earlier in 2024 — forgot to log。
Nara
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An excellent reference with the iconic information design classified based on location， time， category， hierarchy。 Good for anyone who specializes in this subject。
Lucas
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Wonderful survey of information graphics （albeit only a handful of non-Western examples）。 Each of the essays starting the epochal chapters do well at orienting the reader to the section starting。 The four invited essays interspersed throughout give a more detailed look at particular categories of information graphics （e。g。， cartography and newsprint graphics）。 A well designed and organized， although some of the images are nigh impossible to actual read the smaller print。
Lumissa
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Tyrmäävän kokoinen katsaus infografiikan historiaan。 Jättikokoisessa kirjassa kuviot pääsevät kerrankin oikeuksiinsa。 Kirja keskittyy pitkälti 1900-lukua edeltävään historiaan， ja 1800-lukukin on aika pinnallisesti katettu。 Tilastokuvioiden historiaa odottaneet joutuvat siis hieman pettymään， mutta Raamatun sukupuista innostuneet saavat makeaa mahan täydeltä。
auria
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formato pouco manexable
Brook
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I love this book for so reasons。 1） The book is well organized。2） So easy to understand。3） Due to easy wording this saves you time。 And if you want to become a master about Information graphics， this may be a helpful source to start。 I'm also start this site Logo Design after reading this I love this book for so reasons。 1） The book is well organized。2） So easy to understand。3） Due to easy wording this saves you time。 And if you want to become a master about Information graphics， this may be a helpful source to start。 I'm also start this site Logo Design after reading this 。。。more
Samira Pourkhalil
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I like this book for many reasons。 The book is well organized， easy to understand， and saves you time。 And if you are interested in learning about Information graphics， this may be a helpful source to start。
J
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Beautiful book。
Synaps
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This enormous volume does justice to its expansive topic: Humankind has long conveyed factual information in rich schematic forms， evolving toward modern standards via a slow process of innovation and education。 The graphs that work best today usually borrow from age-old wisdom。
Isaac
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The quality of the book is astonishing。 But it feels a lack of variety， especially in the first half which deals with antiquity。 Most of these charts are maps， genealogical trees， etc。 I feel fewer examples there （which are very similar） could've made way for more of the varied more modern ones。 The quality of the book is astonishing。 But it feels a lack of variety， especially in the first half which deals with antiquity。 Most of these charts are maps， genealogical trees， etc。 I feel fewer examples there （which are very similar） could've made way for more of the varied more modern ones。 。。。more
Wilte
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Very big book with nice pictures， some even fold-out。 I mainly looked at the figures and graphs。 Text is in English， German and French。Twitter thread with best visualizations:https://twitter。com/wilte/status/1324。。。 Very big book with nice pictures， some even fold-out。 I mainly looked at the figures and graphs。 Text is in English， German and French。Twitter thread with best visualizations:https://twitter。com/wilte/status/1324。。。 。。。more
Hamish
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A seriously hefty tome。 A real grab-bag of visualisations。 Many were very good。 Many were stinkers。 Some visualisations I found particularly interesting: the personal visualisationsliterary organism; and Bureau D'etudes' world government infographic。 A seriously hefty tome。 A real grab-bag of visualisations。 Many were very good。 Many were stinkers。 Some visualisations I found particularly interesting: the personal visualisationsliterary organism; and Bureau D'etudes' world government infographic。 。。。more
Reinis Bekeris
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Since I am obsessed with graphs and charts of different type - this book was extremely interesting and immersive。 I wish they provided a guide where some of these graphics could be acquired for a large print-out。
Shimista
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So good！！
Alexandru
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In the beginning， this books seems just another huge coffee table book that contains visual information in various languages， thus hard to understand。 But after reading it in depth， it is clear that the book focuses more on the way the information is presented and not on the information itself。 And for any person who is involved in presentations or research it is quite useful。
Zhang Stanley
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Fantastic book！Forgot to add to my shelve， then I couldn't recall the title of the book for a while。I think I was reading this book in 2015， before I changed my phone to iPhone 6 in September。 Fantastic book！Forgot to add to my shelve， then I couldn't recall the title of the book for a while。I think I was reading this book in 2015， before I changed my phone to iPhone 6 in September。 。。。more
Daylyn Presley
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Great book on the history of infographics。 It's amazing to see how we've used infographics over the millennia。 Great book on the history of infographics。 It's amazing to see how we've used infographics over the millennia。 。。。more
Sergej
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Essentially this is a great book if you carefully read the description and understand that this is mostly historical point of view on where data visualization comes from plus illustrations/examples of infographics made in the past。 There are very short descriptions for each example and I， having no background in this field， hardly can decompose/reverse engineer the examples to understand why it was done like that and not the other wat。 I。e。 this book is a good reference and companion to other co Essentially this is a great book if you carefully read the description and understand that this is mostly historical point of view on where data visualization comes from plus illustrations/examples of infographics made in the past。 There are very short descriptions for each example and I， having no background in this field， hardly can decompose/reverse engineer the examples to understand why it was done like that and not the other wat。 I。e。 this book is a good reference and companion to other core material in the field of data visualization/information graphics。 。。。more
Johanna
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I wouldn't necessarily call this a book。 A hardcover at 9。7 x 14。6 in。， 480 pages， it is a hefty tome。 This unique tome presents a fascinating perspective on the subject of complex data and our attempt to make sense of them by communicating via graphic visualization。 It features 200 projects and 400+ examples of contemporary information graphics in fields ranging from journalism to art， government， education， business， and more。 This 'book' is a veritable feast for the eyes。 I wouldn't necessarily call this a book。 A hardcover at 9。7 x 14。6 in。， 480 pages， it is a hefty tome。 This unique tome presents a fascinating perspective on the subject of complex data and our attempt to make sense of them by communicating via graphic visualization。 It features 200 projects and 400+ examples of contemporary information graphics in fields ranging from journalism to art， government， education， business， and more。 This 'book' is a veritable feast for the eyes。 。。。more
José
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The best purchase of 2014
Katherine Collins
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Here is a duo of fantastic data visualization books， Tufte-style。 You could get lost in either of these for hours on end… so much information in such a small space （well， relatively small – they are massive books）。 If you are wondering how to convey dense information in a coherent way， without watering it down， you will find inspiration here。 [along with "Atlas of Science"] Here is a duo of fantastic data visualization books， Tufte-style。 You could get lost in either of these for hours on end… so much information in such a small space （well， relatively small – they are massive books）。 If you are wondering how to convey dense information in a coherent way， without watering it down， you will find inspiration here。 [along with "Atlas of Science"] 。。。more
Kate Green
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It's a work-out to carry this book anywhere， but it is a valuable resource in looking at presenting loads of different types of data in engaging and accessible ways。 It's a work-out to carry this book anywhere， but it is a valuable resource in looking at presenting loads of different types of data in engaging and accessible ways。 。。。more
Jeremy Kuzub
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This is physically the largest book I own， and I managed to get it home from LA in my carry on baggage somehow。 Probably the most thoughtful part of this book is the initial mini book that is slightly inset in the first 96 pages; It is a historical view of information graphics， from their origin through the 20th century。 The book is an example of its subject， being information and graphics。 It is inspirational， in that it can be opened randomly for a new hint into visualizing numbers and making This is physically the largest book I own， and I managed to get it home from LA in my carry on baggage somehow。 Probably the most thoughtful part of this book is the initial mini book that is slightly inset in the first 96 pages; It is a historical view of information graphics， from their origin through the 20th century。 The book is an example of its subject， being information and graphics。 It is inspirational， in that it can be opened randomly for a new hint into visualizing numbers and making meaningful emphasis out of large data sets。 But it can also be used systematically to identify the type of data that must be presented and solutions for its presentation: the sections are divided into graphics which best show data based on Location， Time， Hierarchy， and Category， respectively。 Of course， this is a book， and so animated， or interactive infographics can't be easily shown， however I've found that if you can't get your meaning across in a static infographic， at least as a storyboard or infographic， you are not going to benefit a user by making them play with your interactive interface。 Anyways， there is a reason that the pioneer and voyager space probes have infographics written on them， as their first means of communication with any alien intelligence that may find them， and this is certainly a universal language which it is worth being literate in。 As with any language， it is harder to create simplicity that it first seems， and this book is a great support to lean up against in the first few minutes of planning your next bar chart or 9 dimensional genetic map of Canadian immigration patterns。 。。。more
Parka
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（ More pictures on my blog）This is one humongous book on infographics put out by Taschen。 It's 480 pages and it's heavy so there could be additional weight surcharge depending on where you're shipping to。As an artist at the newspaper， I also create infographics occasionally。 I bought this book for reference。 It's a good reference with lots of examples。 But there are some things to take note。The infographics presented are rather heavy on data。 There can be a case of too much information in （ More pictures on my blog）This is one humongous book on infographics put out by Taschen。 It's 480 pages and it's heavy so there could be additional weight surcharge depending on where you're shipping to。As an artist at the newspaper， I also create infographics occasionally。 I bought this book for reference。 It's a good reference with lots of examples。 But there are some things to take note。The infographics presented are rather heavy on data。 There can be a case of too much information in an infographic。 Some are rather complex， and most definitely drawn with the help of computer programming。 While they can look spectacular， I'm not sure if readers will be overwhelmed by the complexity and skip reading it。 So we are unable to know whether they are effective or not。 The accompanying text just provides information on what the infographics is about but not the thought process that goes behind。The examples are from a huge variety of publications， mainly magazines and websites。 I'm actually hoping for more newspaper infographics but there aren't a lot compared to other forms of publication， but you can get The Best of Newspaper Design books for that。Overall， it's a great visual reference。 There are many interesting ways of presenting information。 That should inspire some ideas。The book's written in English， German and French。- See more at: http://www。parkablogs。com/content/boo。。。 。。。more
Azem
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This book is HUGE。 Heavy and really beautiful。 Not one to take with me to have a browse through when I am on the bus - but to dive into and enjoy at home。The graphics are inspiring and the printing is gorgeous。 A lot of research has gone into putting this book together and the authors/editors have done a great job at pulling together some really fantastic examples of Information Graphics。I highly recommend this book for graphic designers。
Karen Whitney
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I bought this with a gift certificate I recieved for my birthday。 It is stunning！ A vast array of charts， maps， and other forms of visual information。 It is a beautiful testament to the innumerable ways we can present and receive information。 You know it is good when the bookseller at Elliot Bay is jealous of your purchase。 I look forward to many hours of absorbing information from this visually inspiring volume。
Maggie S。
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Most likely my best purchase of 2013。
Will Carey
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One of the best compilations of info graphics I've seen in one boom One of the best compilations of info graphics I've seen in one boom 。。。more
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