Comments on: Election 2006 InfoGraphic Design http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416 Just Another California Kid out to Get Himself Some Glory Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Notta Blog » Blog Archive » Super Tuesday 2008 Infographic Design http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416#comment-47588 Notta Blog » Blog Archive » Super Tuesday 2008 Infographic Design Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:12:44 +0000 http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416#comment-47588 [...] As I’ve mentioned before, election night is one of my favorite nights of the year. All the big media outlets pull out their infographic design “big guns.” [...] [...] As I’ve mentioned before, election night is one of my favorite nights of the year. All the big media outlets pull out their infographic design “big guns.” [...]

]]> By: Chris Stevenson http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416#comment-848 Chris Stevenson Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:01:39 +0000 http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416#comment-848 The MSN one is problematic - as you said for the slow/fast problem, but more so for the fact that many of us non-US readers have no idea which party is the elephant, and which the donkey, so rather than being able to read it quickly, it is confusing and requires a lot of interpretation. For my money the best graphics using maps are the polulation ones at http://nytimes.com - for example see this page: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/elections/2006/Senate.html and click on the "View map by Population" button in the bottom right. That is a very Tuftian graphic. The MSN one is problematic - as you said for the slow/fast problem, but more so for the fact that many of us non-US readers have no idea which party is the elephant, and which the donkey, so rather than being able to read it quickly, it is confusing and requires a lot of interpretation.

For my money the best graphics using maps are the polulation ones at http://nytimes.com - for example see this page: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/elections/2006/Senate.html and click on the “View map by Population” button in the bottom right. That is a very Tuftian graphic.

]]> By: JJ http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416#comment-845 JJ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:32:32 +0000 http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/416#comment-845 The highlight of any election is the info-graphics the news networks dish up - oh and the flowering of democracy of course. In the UK the last election was noticeable for the graphics becoming more and more over the top as election night wore on. I think designers like to show what they can do with the latest tools at their disposal and the result is that the signal sometimes gets lost in the "cool" noise. So kudos to NPR for remembering the message. The highlight of any election is the info-graphics the news networks dish up - oh and the flowering of democracy of course. In the UK the last election was noticeable for the graphics becoming more and more over the top as election night wore on. I think designers like to show what they can do with the latest tools at their disposal and the result is that the signal sometimes gets lost in the “cool” noise. So kudos to NPR for remembering the message.

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