David McCandless
David McCandless
David McCandless is a British data-journalist, and information designer based in London. He is the founder of the visual blog Information Is Beautiful. 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 seminal book of the same name...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
David McCandless quotes about
grasp instant love overview situation stay
I love information. I want to stay current. I don't want to be under-informed. But I'm busy. Sometimes, I need an instant overview of a situation that I can grasp in a second.
colour endless image jungle websites
In an endless jungle of websites with text-based content, a beautiful image with a lot of space and colour can be like walking into a clearing. It's a relief.
years data government
Data is the new soil, because for me, it feels like a fertile, creative medium. Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.
information form compression
Visualizing information is a form of knowledge compression.
finding journalist love
What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.