David McCandless
Template:Short description Template:DMCA David McCandless (born 1971) is a British data-journalist, writer, and information designer.[1]
Career
McCandless began his career writing for video, gaming and computer magazines such as Your Sinclair, PC Zone, and PC Format from the late 1980s until the early 2000s. In 1995, McCandless published the trivia-based book TrekMaster (based on Star Trek).[2] After the 1990s, he went on to work for The Guardian and Wired.
McCandless eventually created the visual blog Information Is Beautiful, followed by a book of the same name. Early explorations into the synergy between data visualisation and his work as a journalist led to the development of Information Is Beautiful and the subsequent publication of his book of the same name (titled A Visual Miscellaneum in the United States).[3][4] Since the publication of Information Is Beautiful in 2009, his information design work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Guardian, Wired, and Die Zeit, and has also been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Wellcome Trust gallery in London, and at the Tate Britain.[5][6] Another book, Knowledge Is Beautiful, was published in 2014. It was followed by Beautiful News in 2023.
Bibliography
- TrekMaster (1995)
- Information Is Beautiful (2009)
- Knowledge Is Beautiful (2014)
- Beautiful News (2023)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kirk, Andy (5 January 2011). "Visualisation Insights: #6 Data Journalist & Information Designer: David McCandless". VisualisingData.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCandless, David (June 1995). "Star Trek: A Final Unity Review". PC Zone. No. 27. p. 57. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Information is Beautiful (Kindle ed.). Collins. 2013. ASIN B00BAJ6G4O. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia (Revised ed.). Harper Design. 2012. ISBN 978-0062236524.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bio". David McCandless. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions". Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Information Is Beautiful: ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized!
- David McCandless profile & articles, The Guardian
- The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions digital exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Knowledge Is Beautiful by David McCandless – Review
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