From Austin Kleon's Flickr Photostream
Information is beautiful. In my last posted I solved a pressing dilemma: could one be creative and analytical at the same time? Yes, resounding yes. A great example of this in the realm of information design. Brilliant people take information, make it easy to consume and bam! it’s useful.
I first learned about information design at a garage sale from a book called Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte. Inside was a spread of a Japanese railway timetable with all kinds of detail mapped on it. Sounds boring. It really wasn’t.
What also got me was the creativity and analysis inherent in the making of this map. Whoever drew it was visually astute, completely understood what they were drawing and presented it a clear, pleasing way.
It’s information, beautiful AND useful.
