David McCandless is an award-winning writer and journalist. His work has appeared in over 30 magazines in the UK and the US and all over the web. He currently works as creative consultant for Orange and the BBC and writes about the Internet, underground culture and ‘anything interesting' for Wired and The Guardian.
The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia
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ISBN-13:
9780062387929
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date: 10/21/2014
- Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 256
- Sales rank: 389,974
- File size: 22 MB
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The Visual Miscellaneum is a unique, groundbreaking look at the modern information age, helping readers make sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us. Using cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes the world's surprising relationships and compelling data, covering everything from the most pleasurable guilty pleasures to how long it takes different condiments to spoil to world maps of Internet search terms.
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