David McCandless
David McCandless (born 1971)[1] is a British data-journalist, writer and information designer.
Education, personal life
McCandless is an alumnus of Westfield College and lives in London.
Career
McCandless 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[2]
and the subsequent publication of his book of the same name (titled A Visual Miscellaneum in the United
States).[3]
McCandless began his career writing for cult video game magazines such as Your Sinclair and PC Zone in
the late 1980s and 1990s before moving on to work for The Guardian and Wired magazine. 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,[4] the Wellcome Trust gallery in London, and at the Tate Britain.[5] His second
book, Knowledge Is Beautiful, was published in 2014.
Bibliography
Information is Beautiful (2009)
Knowledge is Beautiful (2014)
References
1. Kirk, Andy (5 January 2011). "Visualisation Insights: #6 Data Journalist & Information
Designer: David McCandless" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150724203943/http://www.vis
ualisingdata.com/index.php/2011/01/visualisation-insights-6-data-journalist-information-desi
gner/). VisualisingData.com. Archived from the original (http://www.visualisingdata.com/inde
x.php/2011/01/visualisation-insights-6-data-journalist-information-designer/) on 24 July
2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015. "I'm 38 years old"
2. Information is Beautiful (https://www.amazon.com/Information-is-Beautiful-ebook/dp/B00BAJ
6G4O/ref=tmm_kin_title_0) (Kindle ed.). Collins. 2013. ASIN B00BAJ6G4O (https://www.am
azon.com/dp/B00BAJ6G4O). Retrieved 8 March 2013.
3. Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to
the World's Most Consequential Trivia (https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Miscellaneum-Bests
elling-Colorful-Consequential/dp/0062236520/ref=rec_dp_3) (Revised ed.). Harper Design.
2012. ISBN 978-0062236524. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
4. "The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions" (http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/ta
lktome/objects/145523/). Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
5. "Bio" (https://web.archive.org/web/20071106071452/http://www.davidmccandless.com/bio/).
David McCandless. Archived from the original (http://www.davidmccandless.com/bio/) on 6
November 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
External links
Official website (http://www.davidmccandless.com/)
Information Is Beautiful: ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized! (http://www.informatio
nisbeautiful.net/)
David McCandless profile & articles (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidmccandless),
The Guardian
The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions (http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talk
tome/objects/145523/) digital exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Knowledge Is Beautiful by David McCandless – Review (https://web.archive.org/web/20141
209231656/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/review-knowledge-is-beautiful-by-david-
mccandless)
David McCandless (https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_mccandless) at TED
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