New Playful Data: Graphic Design and Illustration for Infographics

by Wang Shaoqiang (Editor), Relajaelcocov (Foreword)

New Playful Graphic Design and Illustration for Infographics features brilliant and illustrative infographic projects from gifted graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and even scientists. Not only do they visualize data in a tangible and memorable way through playful illustrations, but they also provide us with inspiration for balancing colors, words, and images, as well as for distinguishing between primary and secondary information when data is presented alongside pictures. The projects revealed in this volume are divided into three main statistical findings, flow diagrams, and instruction and explanation. Some of the projects illustrate data acquired from rigorous and precise scientific research, while others are the product of designers’ imagination and experimentation. It’s time to learn to play with data!

Genres: Design, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

Published June 29, 2021

About the author

Shaoqiang Wang is a professor and graduate supervisor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China). He is a prolific editor whose titles focus on international design, architecture, branding, communication, trends and culture, and he is also the editor of Design 360° magazine and Asia-Pacific Design. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organizations, and he has been a jury member for China’s most prestigious design and illustration awards. Mr. Wang is also director of the Guangdong Museum of Art and professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Arts and Humanities of the Macau University of Science and Technology.

Reviews

[Lars · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich mag Infografiken.
Diese Sammlung von vielen internationalen Grafiken unterstreicht den hohen Anspruch dieser intersektionalen, edukativen Kunstform. Von Luxemburginfo, Werbung bis abstrakten Visualisierungen: beeindruckende Kreativität auf den Punkt.
Nebenbei im Designmuseum in Kopenhagen gefunden, grossartige Ausstellung dort.

[Joana Quee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great exemples!

[Riley L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Visually attractive but seems a bit outdated, relies more on illustrations than data