David McCandless (born 1971) is a British data-journalist,

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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

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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

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). McCandless began his career writing for cult video game magazines such as

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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 bu ...

in the late 1980s and 1990s before moving on to work for ''

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'' 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

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, and has also been showcased at the

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in New York, the

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gallery in London, and at the

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. His second book, ''Knowledge Is Beautiful'', was published in 2014.

Personal life

McCandless lives in

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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 Hierarchy of Digital Distractions
digital 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 o ...

Knowledge Is Beautiful by David McCandless – Review
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCandless, David 1970s births Living people English designers British digital artists Alumni of Westfield College Place of birth missing (living people)