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April 1, 2010
Interviews Are Beautiful
First BBG reviewed and blogged about The Visual Miscellaneum. Now the nice peeps at Harper Collins have made our day again by letting us interview his creator, David McCandless!
David makes our world clearer every day through his website Information Is Beautiful, and we share the love for information graphics, facts and whiskey.
The future according to David? New Apple gadgets like the iBuprofen, the iPod Utility Belt (just like Batman’s!) and something mysterious very appropriately called “Mysteron.”
Ok read!
1. If you could have actual data of something very intriguing to make a chart, what would that be?
I’d like to make more images of psychological and emotional data. Like patterns in dreams, moods, relationships – the kinds of things that don’t technically “exist” materially speaking, but are likely to have some hidden patterns and structure in them. Not quite sure how I’d do it though!
2. What chart has been impossible to make?
No chart has been impossible. NOTHING CAN RESIST THE ALL-SPANNING MIGHT OF THE CHART!
3. How do you decide what should be turned into a graph?
Frustration, ignorance and curiosity. Those are my leads. If I’m annoyed that I don’t get something important. Or I don’t understand something. Or I wonder how something works. Those feelings are the fuel for an image.
4. Are you making a chart of this questionnaire right now?
Negative.
5. Fave website today to catch up on worthy information.
Reddit. (Very intelligent comments)
6. Apple’s “Next Big Thing” now that the iPad is out?
http://www.theinternetnowinhandybookform.com/schmapple/
7. What is the best way to drink whisky?
No ice, in a green leather armchair, by an open fire, next to a window, over a loch, at the end of the day.
8. I like Twitter like I like ____.
Cashew nuts
9. Top 3 reasons why you love information.
1. It’s learning – brain food!
2. It’s fun – like putty!
3. It’s everywhere – no escape – so get with it10. Any chance we can see a David McCandless life chart soon?
I actually really dislike Life Charts. Shhhhhhh! For me, designers should be solving problems and helping the world be more excellent. I don’t see how life charts contribute. Who cares how many bus journeys a designer took??
11. What is the aspect of design you give the highest priority to?
Answering questions.
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David’s book, The Visual Miscellaneum is out everywhere, so give in and buy it. You can go see your cousin’s new boring play some other time.
By Jocelyn Ibarra for Bright Bright Great.
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February 4, 2010
Designing For The Greater Good: Another Successful Review By Bright Bright Great!
Have we mentioned how much we love Collins Design?
Collins Design is the editorial behind The Virtual Miscellaneum, a brill book BBG had the pleasure to review, love and obsess about last November.
This time Collins Design made our January by sending us a copy of Design for the Greater Good by Peleg Top and Jonathan Cleveland. A book showcasing the best, brightest, and most successful design campaigns in the nonprofit industry.
The message behind Designing for the Greater Good is that nonprofit campaigns shouldn’t merely share a message, but that they should serve as inspiration to encourage action.
The book includes 24 case studies, interviews with designers, cause-specific campaigns, logos and branding for nonprofits and tons of websites, posters, brochures, advertising, and marketing materials for different events and nonprofits. By the time you finish it, you should at least feel a little enlightened.
Go get this book before you’ve been left behind. On awesomeness!
Images by Jocelyn Ibarra for Bright Bright Great.
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