Comments on: Review: The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics

By: Infographer » Пособие по информационной графике от Wall Street Journal

Infographer » Пособие по информационной графике от Wall Street Journal — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:57:38 +0000

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By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:53:04 +0000

It is a shame a book like this “doesn’t go deep into theory or get sidetracked by the history of information graphics” because i think there is a gap in the literature about a critical theory of infographics. Tufte’s work is useful, but there are a set of epistemological questions about the use of information in infographics which need to be addressed if the field is to do anything more than describe information in a graphical way. I’m particularly thinking of third parties with little understanding of research methodologies creates a graphic from data they didn’t collect or process. There are reasons why pie charts are evil and why they aren’t used by, for example, academics. They look nice, but can lead to misinterpretation of figures, especially when circles are used to compare numbers by relative area.

By: maja

maja — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:15:08 +0000

I thought pie charts were an absolute no-no in the book of Tufte? I don’t care what colour or boldness the labels have, they’re still evil!!!

By: Dave Jeyes

Dave Jeyes — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:17:30 +0000

In this book, Dona boils down all of the theory from Tufte’s work and turns it into useful and practical guidelines for information display. If you’re looking to develop guidelines for your company’s charting and information graphics, Wong’s book is an absolute must-read.

By: Data Research « Data Visualization: Topics in Graphic Design

Data Research « Data Visualization: Topics in Graphic Design — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:00:24 +0000

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By: Marlena

Marlena — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:57:41 +0000

I second Rob’s suggestion!

By: Nathan Yau

Nathan Yau — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:12:09 +0000

@Darrell – that link didn’t work either..

By: Darrell

Darrell — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:10:36 +0000

Sorry, bad link, http://tinyurl.com/y8gzpzf.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:08:47 +0000

I kind of question WSJ’s advice on making information graphics after seeing this: http://img.waffleimages.com/fa.....6/wsj1.png

“Look at how defense spending has hardly change, but Medicare spending is soaring upward. Please just ignore the fact they’re on totally different scales.”

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:16:25 +0000

I would be interested in seeing a list of other books you recommend as a good starting point and perhaps for more advanced topics. I’m familiar with Tufte, of course (who isn’t?) but I’m always interested in finding something new.