For years I thought I was just a writer, but when I sat down to design and started playing around with it,… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
I feel that every day, all of us now are being blasted by information design. It's being poured into our eyes through… — David McCandless Copy Share Image
Some of the commercial work I do is helping people to improve their presentations and add some design thinking. There are so… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
I started moving into online work, and that exposed me to design and the impact it has on the flow, shape, and… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Information design has been around since the 1970s. Pioneers like Yale University design guru Edward Tufte and design agency Pentagram have long… — David McCandless Copy Share Image
I'm doing a lot of cognitive processing. I'm gathering research. I'm processing it. I'm arranging the data. I'm sorting out the narrative.… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
I've been working on a graphic about carbon emissions. It's an incredibly simple graphic - a bunch of blocks and a table… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Often I forget that design is really about removing things: optimizing the flow of information, the display, so there are the fewest… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Design has a powerful impact on the viewer. It has authority, and data also has the same air of authenticity and detail.… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Simplification seems to be the removal of objects for the goal of making a graphic as clean and uncluttered as possible. Whereas, with optimization,… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
I have a computational quality to my mind, I suppose. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with video games. I reprogrammed games,… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
I started moving into online work, and that exposed me to design and the impact it has on the flow, shape, and narrative of… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Personally, I find visualisations great for helping me understand the world and for sifting the huge amounts of information that deluge me every day. — David McCandless Copy Share Image
For years I thought I was just a writer, but when I sat down to design and started playing around with it, I realized… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
I love information. I want to stay current. I don't want to be under-informed. But I'm busy. Sometimes, I need an instant overview of… — David McCandless Copy Share Image
Information design has been around since the 1970s. Pioneers like Yale University design guru Edward Tufte and design agency Pentagram have long known and… — David McCandless Copy Share Image
I'm doing a lot of cognitive processing. I'm gathering research. I'm processing it. I'm arranging the data. I'm sorting out the narrative. I'm designing.… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Some of the commercial work I do is helping people to improve their presentations and add some design thinking. There are so many amazing… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's… — David McCandless Copy Share Image
I've been working on a graphic about carbon emissions. It's an incredibly simple graphic - a bunch of blocks and a table below it… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
