Information Is Beautiful
Published Feb 2010 by HarperCollins UK
Visually stunning displays of information that blend the facts with their connections, their context and their relationships – making information meaningful, entertaining and beautiful.
This is information like you have never seen it before – keeping text to a minimum and using unique visuals to offer a blueprint of modern life. Easy to flick through but intriguing and engaging enough to study for hours.
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“It’s almost impossible to look at a page of this book without feeling better informed.” TimeOut
“Original, intelligent and witty” – Esquire
The Visual Miscellaneum
Published Nov 2009 by HarperCollins US
Note: this is the US, paperback edition of Information is Beautiful
A unique, groundbreaking look at the modern information age, helping readers make sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us. Using cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes the world’s surprising relationships and compelling data, covering everything from pop to philosophy – all with the minimum of words.
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“Dangerous” to have on your desk if you have other work to get done! The visuals will draw you in, and the sharpness of the questions some of them attempt to answer and the efficiency with which they can communicate complex comparisons in a single page will keep you hooked. (Omnivoracious )
The Internet – Now In Handy Book Form!
Published Oct 07 by Portico Books
Yep, thanks to recent, incredible developments in PageTurn(tm) technology, there’s now an exciting new way to browse the Internet on the move. By book! So dump that PDA grandpa. Drown your mouse. Dropkick your iPhone into a nearby pond. Get The Internet Now In Handy Book Form! TODAY!
what people I gave free copies to are saying
“Very funny!!! (although I have become a bit of a quote whore, so I suspect my recommendation is meaning less and less to people).”
Graham Linehan, writer of Father Ted & The IT Crowd
“You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll realise you didn’t cry at all but had simply laughed again.@ Charlie Brooker, The Guardian
“Skanky” Wired.com