Analysis of David McCandless TED video

1. The Beauty
of
Data
Visualizations

2. DATA IS CHAOTIC!
VISUALS MAKE SENSE FROM IT…

3. Information Design, like a map, provides us a
way to navigate data.

4. Data is like the new soil…
Like Soil, it is a fertile creative
medium.
A rich source of information, it
appears to be clumpy and
unassuming.
Visualizations are like flowers
blooming through it.

5. IT
CAN
CHANGE
OUR
MINDSET

6. DataVisualization is an amalgam of two
languages :
• The language of the eyes
• The language of the mind
This amalgamation lets us speak both the
languages simultaneously.
Enhancing both of them at the same time.

7. Most times, we look at the
information around us, in
an absolute sense.
We need to look at data
relatively to the meaning
around it.
Successfully doing this, might change our perception
about the world around us.

8. Information
Visualization
Is
KNOWLEDGE
COMPRESSION

9. Data in its raw form is large, cumbersome
and difficult to understand
Once turned into a visual, it can convey all of
its different meanings, using a small space

10. The beauty
about
visualizations is,
that not just
data but even
IDEAS &
CONCEPTS can
can be
visualized.
Which, once again gives us the power to focus on
conflicting viewpoints and come up with better
understanding of the situation

11. Why
MANAGERS
Need
Data
Visualization

12. WE HAVE
NUMEROUS
INFORMATION
PROBLEMS
INFORMATION
DESIGN CAN HELP
US SOLVE THESE
PROBLEMS

13. We are surrounded by
information design, but are
unconscious to its existence.
By being more aware of the
design around us, we can
become better navigators in
the landscape of data

14. References
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/8203774@N06/2286115848/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/70852213@N05/6430208945/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/53111802@N05/5128546966/
• https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/digital-data-chaos-chaotic-abstraction-numbers-letters-43608310.jpg
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/148005384@N04/30170323415/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/rckr88/38476832341/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/148263358@N02/34902342831/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/lesjofors-springs-pressings/7995293557/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/61929320@N04/14064240727/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/zjeery/2046714226/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/75862793@N06/6816055887/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/132360565@N08/26141679146/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/thibaultporiel/35735980405/

15. Thank You
By Muyeena Akbari Khanzada