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Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised And Updated: A Colorful Guide To The World's Most Consequential Trivia (2012)

by David McCandless(Favorite Author)
3.87 of 5 Votes: 3
ISBN
0062236520 (ISBN13: 9780062236524)
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English
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Harper Design
review 1: Fun first and foremost, but really really shitty from an informational angle (sources: wikipedia.org, google.com, etc.) and probably from a graphic design angle as well (I don't know about much about this, but its neon colorscheme would probably make anyone sick after a while). It's a vapid, sugary, fun coffeetable book and that's about it on its own.However, it does make you think about how things are presented and about the danger of "fun=friendly" advertising.
review 2: A collection of the info displayed on his blog, Information Is Beautiful. Personally, I liked looking at the visualizations on the blog more than in the book. I was considering it as something to blog about, but between it just not wow-ing me in book format that much, plus I have some issue
... mores with the perhaps-not-so-accurate stats that the graphics are based off of. Good display or coffee table book though. less
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localuna
A completely different way of looking at statistics and other facts that we THINK we understand.
melanie
Really worth reading! An amazing view of the world and great source of data design inspiration.
Linda
No descriptions but had a great array of visual design in many topics. Beautiful infographics.
Framilla
A M A Z I N G! Who doesn't love pictures that explain lil factoids?
wellthen
Interesting and sometimes amusing, (yet also disturbing) trivia.
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