Information design
by Jens on Aug.24, 2010, under General
Yet another TED Talk plugged! This time it is a slightly longer talk around the concepts of visualising large amounts of data in a manner that enhances understand – or information design for short.
The talk is by David McCandless, data journalist showcases different aspects of visualising multiple data sets in a single info-graphic. Refreshingly, he also talks about caveats in the ways of aggregating and considering the visual data – essentially encouraging a critical sense in both the journalist fields creating such info graphics, and raising awareness in the consumer at the same time.
There is little doubt that complex tasks of aggregated, and visualising larger and larger data sets in an area of increasing attention – and it is nice to see some of the potential output – even if it does not focus on marine data 
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August 24th, 2010 on 3:36 pm
As a side note – The website holds a number of the examples from the talk and other interesting visalisations: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/