Analysis of "The beauty of data visualization" by David McCandless

1. THE BEAUTY OF DATA
VISUALIZATION
David McCandless

2. David McCandless
turns complex data
sets (like worldwide
military spending, media
buzz, Facebook status
updates) into beautiful,
simple diagrams that
tease out unseen
patterns and
connections.

3. Good design, he
suggests, is the best
way to navigate
information glut -- and
it may just change the
way we see the world.

4. • Programmer, writer, designer
• David McCandless draws
beautiful conclusions from
complex datasets -- thus
revealing unexpected insights
into our world.
• David McCandless makes info
graphics -- simple, elegant ways
to see information that might be
too complex or too big, small,
abstract or scattered to
otherwise be grasped.

6. • Information overload
• Billion dollar o gram
• Fear chart
• Data is the new oil -> data is the new soil
• Bandwidth of senses
• 2 languages at same time – absolute data
vs relative data
• Let data set change your mind set

8. • What does the size of the box represent?
The color?
• What is the most interesting number for
you?
• Why is a
chart like
this useful?
How do you
normally
understand
figures in the
millions, billions,
and trillions of
dollars?

10. • Facebook break-ups
• What does the chart so? • This is fun
but why might this be useful?
• What other things would you liked
to see charted from facebook

12. • What does this
chart show?
• What does the
size of the circle
represent?
• Do you take
supplements? Why
or why not?
• What does the
location on the
chart represent?
Supplements and Research

13. • What does this chart show?
• What is the tiny box on the bottom right
represent?
• What do you think is your strongest
sense?

15. • Holding two
conflicting
viewpoints at
same time –
Political
viewpoint
• Something
unthreatening
about seeing
different
viewpoints