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Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design [Hardcover]

R. Klanten (Author), N. Bourquin (Author), S. Ehmann (Author), F. van Heerden (Author)
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September 30, 2008
More and more information is being visualised. Diagrams, data and information
graphics are utilised wherever increasingly complex elements are present,
whether it is in magazines, non-fiction books or business reports, packages or
exhibition designs.
Data Flow presents an abundant range of possibilities in visualising data and
information. Today, diagrams are being applied beyond their classical fields
of use. In addition to archetypical diagrams such as pie charts and histograms,
there are manifold types of diagrams developed for use in distinct cases and
categories. These range from chart-like diagrams such as bar, plot, line diagrams
and spider charts, graph-based diagrams including line, matrix, process flow,
and molecular diagrams to extremely complex three-dimensional diagrams.
The more concrete the variables, the more aesthetically elaborate the graphics
sometimes reaching the point of art the more abstract, the simpler the readability.
The abundant examples in Data Flow showcase the various methodologies
behind information design with solutions concerning complexity, simplification,
readability and the (over)production of information. In addition to the examples
shown, the book features explanatory text.
On 256 pages, Data Flow introduces a comprehensive selection of innovatively
designed diagrams. This up-to-date survey provides inspiration and concrete
solutions for designers, and at the same time unlocks a new field of visual codes.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag (September 30, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 3899552172
  • ISBN-13: 978-3899552171
  • Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 53 people found the following review helpful
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We're inundated with small data, big data, complex data... lotsa data. And the data is THE story; it should be front and center. Data Flow depicts hundreds of stunning data viz examples. The book is aesthetically beautiful. However, several of the diagrams suffer from low data-to-ink ratios (lots of paint, little useful data)... and many are illegible and printed too small to see or require specific domain knowledge to decrypt.

Where's the data? The book proselytizes the importance of data and there ain't much raw data to be seen (or linked to).

The book designers have forgotten to treat typography as the visual hierarchy for words, the interface design for text. The type treatments and layouts are difficult to read.

Designers, engineers, statisticians, and decision-makers need data viz guidance. This book is not an academic dive into data visualization and needs to follow several of it's own rules for displaying information. But this book provokes your imagination.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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This book had such promise and I think that there must be a story in why it is so compromised. The text and choice of images are excellent. The design of the book and execution are a failure. It's as if the author lost control of the book and the manuscript was taken through a process that degraded the very purpose of the book. It is still worth reading but there is a baffling irony in the fact that a book about information design has such mediocre information design.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful book but little Data February 12, 2009
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This is a wonderful book that shows numerous examples of Information Aesthetics. My problem with the book is I was hoping for something that showed good examples of how to visualize data and make it aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately for me the book mostly focused on Aesthetics and some of the examples where actually very poor at communicating the content of the data which would have been great if they were listed as anti patterns.
Regardless of my criticism I am happy I purchased the book and have found some interesting and useful examples. If Amazon allowed half ratings I would have rated it 3.5.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
DATAFLOW ftw
im going to summarize this as follows:

"if you dont own a copy of both dataflow I and dataflow II you don't take your design education seriously"

that plain... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ehsaan Mesghali
Good eye candy, yet useful.
A lot of the material in this book doesn't amount to much more than eye candy, but I find it useful because it offers some different ideas into how information graphics can be... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eric Chamberlain
Expands, with fluff
DF2 introduces 20% more new heads worth your while but inevitably drags in 80% infographabees. Your dollar you gets you two things you may not get elsewhere:

[1] Large... Read more
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Pretty Pictures
I thoroughly perused this book, and as with its predecessor, I'm left wanting more. If you have any knowledge of what goes into an effective infographic, or have read any of... Read more
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This was a christmas gift
Hi, I purchased this book for a Christmas gift for my son in law. He needed it for one of his college classes and it was the right one and he was happy so I guess that meant I... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Tracey A. Silva
Excellent for designers
This book is current & inspiring. A little expensive though. But as a graphic designer it helps me think and create.
Published 20 months ago by Spreading the good word
Data Flow 2 is more about the 'business of art' than the 'art of...
"Data Flow 2: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design" describes itself as an expansion of the first book, aimed at being the definition of contemporary information graphics,... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Richard Okeby
Feeble follow on
The original book was fresh and interesting; volume 2 is formulaic -- too many school projects that seem to pre-answer the theme they are intended to explore
Published 23 months ago by M. Andrews
Fantastic un-ordinary data-design
So far it's my favorite info-design book. It's not meant to be a how-to book or a guide to the common pie chart. Read more
Published on December 5, 2009 by Jayse Hansen
Nice book
A little fancy, buy really good. Some graphics are not clear enough because they are supposed to be much larger.
Published on November 21, 2009 by Yang Ji
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