David McCandless (born 1971) is a British
data-journalist,
writer
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and information designer.
Early life and education
McCandless is an alumnus of
Westfield College
Westfield College was a small college situated in Hampstead, London, from 1882 to 1989. It was the first college to aim to educate women for University of London degrees from its opening. The college originally admitted only women as students and ...
.
Career
McCandless is the founder of the visual blog ''Information Is Beautiful''. Early explorations into the synergy between
data visualisation
Data and information visualization (data viz or info viz) is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the graphic representation of data and information. It is a particularly efficient way of communicating when the data or information is nu ...
and his work as a journalist led to the development of ''Information Is Beautiful'' and the subsequent publication of his book of the same name (titled ''A Visual Miscellaneum'' in the
United States
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).
McCandless began his career writing for cult video game magazines such as
Your Sinclair
''Your Sinclair'', or ''YS'' as it was commonly abbreviated, was a commercially published and printed British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum. It was in circulation between 1984 and 1993.
History
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and
PC Zone
''PC Zone'', founded in 1993, was the first magazine dedicated to games for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published in the United Kingdom. Earlier PC magazines such as ''PC Leisure'', ''PC Format'' and ''PC Plus'' had covered games but ...
in the late 1980s and 1990s before moving on to work for ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' 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
''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles.
History
The ...
, and has also been showcased at the
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
in New York, the
Wellcome Trust
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gallery in London, and at the
Tate Britain
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.
His second book, ''Knowledge Is Beautiful'', was published in 2014.
Personal life
McCandless lives in
London
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.
Bibliography
* ''Information is Beautiful'' (2009)
* ''Knowledge is Beautiful'' (2014)
References
External links
*
Information Is Beautiful: ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized!David McCandless profile & articles The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
The Hierarchy of Digital Distractionsdigital exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
Knowledge Is Beautiful by David McCandless – Review*
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1970s births
Living people
English designers
British digital artists
Alumni of Westfield College
Place of birth missing (living people)