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David McCandless

David McCandless, writer and visual data journalist, runs the blog InformationIsBeautiful.net.
His book of infographics and data visualisations, The Visual Miscellaneum (HarperCollins), is out in the US now, and in February in the UK.
InformationIsBeautiful
@gmail.com

December 2014

  • Non fiction

    Non-fiction books everyone should read – infographic

    What are the must-read classics of non-fiction? We’ve scraped, collated and summarised a selection of ‘all-time’ book polls, prize-winners and readers’ picks to assemble a visual consensus

November 2014

  • Mother and baby at laptop in home office.

    Datablog
    Diversity in tech: gender breakdown of key companies

    Everyone knows it is a problem - men dominate the technology sector. This visualisation reveals the gender and ethnicity breakdown of employees at some of the giants of the tech world
  • facebook

    Datablog
    Social networks - how popular are they with each gender?

    This graphic visualises the gender balance on some of the world’s most popular social networks
  • A fully budded marijuana plant ready for trimming is seen at the Botanacare marijuana store in Northglenn, Colorado.

    Datablog
    The legalisation of marijuana isn't just about liberal values - it's about dollars

    The tax revenues from marijuana in states where it has been legalised are relatively sizeable - is this one of the reasons why many legislatures are consenting to pro-marijuana legislation?

October 2014

  • Ebola McCandless

    Show and tell
    Visualised: how Ebola compares to other infectious diseases

    David McCandless visualises how the deadliness and infectiousness of Ebola compares to other pathogens

September 2014

  • Middle East David McCandless viz

    Show and tell
    Friends and enemies in the Middle East. Who is connected to whom? - interactive

  • Britain under Thatcher infographic

    The best of infographics: designers pick their favourites

April 2013

  • Information is Beautiful on influenza

    Show and tell
    Information is Beautiful: who can catch which flu?

    A new strain of bird flu has broken out in the Shanghai area of Eastern China. David McCandless asks who can catch which flu?

March 2013

  • Information is Beautiful on how we die

    Show and tell
    Information is Beautiful on how we die

    How did humans die in the 20th century? And which were the worst killers? David McCandless shows the way we passed

December 2012

  • IIB Mayan 460

    Show and tell
    Information is Beautiful asks: is Dec 21st 2012 the end of the world?

  • Information is Beautiful on Doha and carbon emissions

    Datablog
    How Many Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide? The Information is Beautiful guide to Doha

February 2012

  • Oscar statuette

    Datablog
    Information is Beautiful takes on the Oscars

    How do you visualise the huge US film industry? David McCandless looks at some of the entries for the latest Information is Beautiful competition just in time for the Oscars

December 2011

  • Datablog
    Challenges Are Beautiful: The Shortlist

    David McCandless showcases entries he's judged for the data visualisation challenge. What do you think?

November 2011

  • Information is Beautiful: scale of devastation

    Datablog
    Just how big are the Thailand floods?

  • Information is Beautiful and Guardian Datablog dataviz competition

    Datablog
    Challenges Are Beautiful: visualise the economic crisis and win $5,000

July 2011

  • Information is Beautiful on Left v Right

    Datablog
    Information is Beautiful: Left v Right redux

  • Information is Beautiful on sunscreen

    Datablog
    Information is Beautiful: the Sunscreen Smokescreen

June 2011

  • Information is Beautiful on which fish are OK toeat

    Datablog
    Information is Beautiful: Which fish are good to eat?

  • Information is Beautiful on vanishing fish stocks

    Datablog
    Information is Beautiful: Plenty More Fish In The Sea?

March 2011

  • Information is Beautiful on books everyone should read

    Datablog
    Information is Beautiful on the books everyone must read

    Which books should everyone read? Information is Beautiful’s David McCandless shows how graphics have the answer
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