Info we trust : how to inspire the world with data / written and illustrated by RJ Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, R J (Digital storyteller), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information visualization.

Digital storytelling.

Physical Description:

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

""Info we trust" celebrates data storytelling, as explained by one of the field's most talented creators. Both engineer and artist, RJ Andrews draws on disciplines from across the human experience to show how to create new ways of seeing the world. And most importantly, to build powerful data-driven information that is worthy of trust. Maps, charts, and diagrams are the artifacts we use to picture information. But the lively exchanges these objects spark are what create meaning. How they inform, what they tell us and how they impact our decisions, matters most. This book shows how to arrange data into stories that deliver insights and inspiration."--Provided by publisher.

"How do we create new ways of looking at the world? Join award-winning data storyteller RJ Andrews as he pushes beyond the usual how-to, and takes you on an adventure into the rich art of informing. Creating Info We Trust is a craft that puts the world into forms that are strong and true. It begins with maps, diagrams, and charts -- but must push further than dry defaults to be truly effective. How do we attract attention? How can we offer audiences valuable experiences worth their time? How can we help people access complexity? Dark and mysterious, but full of potential, data is the raw material from which new understanding can emerge. Become a hero of the information age as you learn how to dip into the chaos of data and emerge with new understanding that can entertain, improve, and inspire. Whether you call the craft data storytelling, data visualization, data journalism, dashboard design, or infographic creation -- what matters is that you are courageously confronting the chaos of it all in order to improve how people see the world. Info We Trust is written for everyone who straddles the domains of data and people: data visualization professionals, analysts, and all who are enthusiastic for seeing the world in new ways. This book draws from the entirety of human experience, quantitative and poetic. It teaches advanced techniques, such as visual metaphor and data transformations, in order to create more human presentations of data. It also shows how we can learn from print advertising, engineering, museum curation, and mythology archetypes. This human-centered approach works with machines to design information for people. Advance your understanding beyond by learning from a broad tradition of putting things "in formation" to create new and wonderful ways of opening our eyes to the world. Info We Trust takes a thoroughly original point of attack on the art of informing. It builds on decades of best practices and adds the creative enthusiasm of a world-class data storyteller. Info We Trust is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of original compositions designed to illuminate the craft, delight the reader, and inspire a generation of data storytellers."--Publisher's description

Contents:

Preface: Ancient roots : Spirits of information and trust

Origin. The goal of our craft : Data, story, and the adventure ahead

Data shadows : Numbers and the past they come from

Information murmurs : Arranging data in forms we can read

Metaphorical. Embodied encoding : The power of metaphor

Counting time : How we experience numbers and time

World building : Grids and other homes for data

Infuse meaning : Up, down, and other spatial meaning

True colors : The eye's seductive potential

Mathemagical. Explore to create : Seek comparisons and patterns

Create to explore : Translate and transform to learn more

Uncertain honesty : The challenge of qualifying truthfulness

Sensational. Encounter : Experience design with museums

Listen : Story design with natural selection

Freeze : Graphic design with propaganda

Connect : Emotional design with roughness

Make : Explanation design with diagrams

Informational. Inspire trust : Design for believing minds

Imagination to image : Explore visual story possibilities

Focus attention : Workshop to the audience

Onward. Creative routines : Daily practices for making new views

Finale: Beautiful tomorrow : Push forward together.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Andrews, R J, (Digital storyteller). Info we trust.

ISBN:

9781119483892

1119483891

OCLC:

1077482054