Info We Trust How to Inspire the World with Data

Whereas most data visualization books focus on graphs and charts, Info We Trust transcends this, with advanced modes of visualizing data. Author RJ Andrews has won awards, visualizing data in the form of cartoons, videos, and other forms of multimedia. Examples of RJ's work include http: //infowetrust.com/parks/ and http: //infowetrust.com/datacity. Current data visualization books are largely primers, focusing on effective but simple methods, whereas Info We Trust is for professionals who want to take their data visualizations to the next level: truly unique and entertaining displays. RJ reveals an emotional, human side to data along the way: By cleverly weaving your data into a video or cartoon, you enable your audience to learn seamlessly from it, while also entertaining and inspiring them. RJ will start by placing data viz in a mythological context of a daring hero carving order out of chaos, to engage the reader right away. He will then delve into decrypting and reframing the fundamentals of data and what he calls "intersectional creativity" - learning lessons from other creative arts, such as painting, photography, and film, about what excites and enraptures an audience. This book is, essentially, Data Viz 2.0, for those interested in advanced, artistic methods of conveying data.

How do we create new ways of looking at the world? Join award-winning data storyteller RJ Andrews as he pushes beyond the usual how-to, and takes you on an adventure into the rich art of informing.

Creating Info We Trust is a craft that puts the world into forms that are strong and true. It begins with maps, diagrams, and charts -- but must push further than dry defaults to be truly effective. How do we attract attention? How can we offer audiences valuable experiences worth their time? How can we help people access complexity?

Dark and mysterious, but full of potential, data is the raw material from which new understanding can emerge. Become a hero of the information age as you learn how to dip into the chaos of data and emerge with new understanding that can entertain, improve, and inspire. Whether you call the craft data storytelling, data visualization, data journalism, dashboard design, or infographic creation -- what matters is that you are courageously confronting the chaos of it all in order to improve how people see the world. Info We Trust is written for everyone who straddles the domains of data and people: data visualization professionals, analysts, and all who are enthusiastic for seeing the world in new ways.

This book draws from the entirety of human experience, quantitative and poetic. It teaches advanced techniques, such as visual metaphor and data transformations, in order to create more human presentations of data. It also shows how we can learn from print advertising, engineering, museum curation, and mythology archetypes. This human-centered approach works with machines to design information for people. Advance your understanding beyond by learning from a broad tradition of putting things "in formation" to create new and wonderful ways of opening our eyes to the world.

Info We Trust takes a thoroughly original point of attack on the art of informing. It builds on decades of best practices and adds the creative enthusiasm of a world-class data storyteller. Info We Trust is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of original compositions designed to illuminate the craft, delight the reader, and inspire a generation of data storytellers.