Information is Beautiful. Hello I’m David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer. I’ve written for The Guardian, Wired and others. I’m into anything strange and interesting. These days I’m an independent data journalist and information designer. I’m interested in how designed information can help us understand the world, cut through BS and reveal the hidden connections, patterns and stories underneath.
My pet-hate is pie charts. Our mission Myself, and the rest of the crack team here at Information is Beautiful, are dedicated to distilling the world’s data, information and knowledge into beautiful, interesting and, above all, useful visualizations, infographics and diagrams. Who funds us? This site is entirely funded by sales of images, posters and books. Stay in touch @infobeautiful (just infographics)@mccandelish (details of my tawdry life too)This site’s RSS Web FeedFacebook email: pa [dot] david [dot] mccandless [AT] Gmail [dot] com. Want to know more? Locate + Create. Drawing tool.
Clipping Magic - Remove Backgrounds. Splashup. ThingLink - Image Maps. Stipple - Your information and images together again. Chartle.