Simplification seems to be the removal of objects for the goal of making a graphic as clean and uncluttered as possible. Whereas,… — David Mccandless Be careful 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… — David Mccandless Journalism 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 Design 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… — David McCandless Amount 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,… — David Mccandless Design 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… — David McCandless Busy 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 Agency Copy Share Image
Visualizing information is a form of knowledge compression. — David Mccandless Compression 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 Design 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 Amazing things 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,… — David McCandless Amount 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 Block Copy Share Image
I remember researching a really complicated article and having trouble keeping track of all the different perspectives. I ended up drawing a… — David Mccandless Complicated Copy Share Image
The classic one for me is one of my favorite images - left-versus-right political-spectrum image. I was trying to visualize the concepts… — David Mccandless Biased Copy Share Image
By visualizing information, we turn it into a landscape that you can explore with your eyes: a sort of information map. And… — David McCandless Data Copy Share Image
If you want to visualize something in its fullness you have to look at every perspective and every angle, and that means… — David Mccandless Mean 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 About Copy Share Image
In an endless jungle of websites with text-based content, a beautiful image with a lot of space and colour can be like… — David McCandless Beautiful 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 Arguing Copy Share Image
Sometimes the data has a sense of a structure within it, especially if I'm looking at networks or relationships, which generally lend… — David Mccandless Data Copy Share Image
There's a tendency in graphics to allow the trimming of certain parts. But I think that if you're open about your process,… — David Mccandless Introducing Copy Share Image
I was a freelance journalist, and it was a struggle because I had to pitch all the time, research, and stay on… — David Mccandless Journalist Copy Share Image
I think everyone is struggling somewhat with presentation. The Internet is generally well designed, if you look at the most popular websites,… — David Mccandless Audience Copy Share Image
I think it's good practice, if you're a writer, or anyone who's shaping narrative, to be flexible and open with the direction… — David Mccandless Thinking Copy Share Image
Data is the kind of ubiquitous resource that we can shape to provide new innovations and new insights, and it's all around… — David McCandless Around Copy Share Image
