NYT Information Design
by Dave Tufts - February 11, 2008 / 6:33pm View more articles
Last Sunday's New York Times featured a beautiful example of information design.
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The article, You Are What You Spend features two fantastic graphics by Nicholas Felton.
To me, the most impressive design feat happens in the second graphic, Consumption Spreads Faster Today. Felton uses only 3 colors and 3 line styles to plot how quickly 16 technologies were adopted. The obvious solution when plotting 16 items would be 4 colors and 4 styles, but Felton uses space to maintain simplicity. Even though the representation for auto, dishwasher, and internet are identical, they're not confused because of their placement. Equally impressive is his restraint in using a single typeface and font size throughout the entire second graphic.
For more beautiful information graphics check out Felton's personal site or his company, Megafone. Also worth viewing is Amanda Cox's NYT info graphic on volatility of the Dow Jones.
View the full sized graphics »
The article, You Are What You Spend features two fantastic graphics by Nicholas Felton.
To me, the most impressive design feat happens in the second graphic, Consumption Spreads Faster Today. Felton uses only 3 colors and 3 line styles to plot how quickly 16 technologies were adopted. The obvious solution when plotting 16 items would be 4 colors and 4 styles, but Felton uses space to maintain simplicity. Even though the representation for auto, dishwasher, and internet are identical, they're not confused because of their placement. Equally impressive is his restraint in using a single typeface and font size throughout the entire second graphic.
For more beautiful information graphics check out Felton's personal site or his company, Megafone. Also worth viewing is Amanda Cox's NYT info graphic on volatility of the Dow Jones.
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