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Graphs, maps, stats, and diagrams: thiscollection of infographics explores the development of visual communication inthe big data age. More than 400 exemplary graphics—ranging from journalism toart, government to education—
are accompanied by essays tracing the evolving artform that is pictorial explanation. Complete with in-depth fact sheetsexplaining each graphic project.
Sandra Rendgen, Julius Wiedemann
Hardcover with poster, 21 x 31.5 cm, 2.47kg, 480 pages
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it wellenough.”
—Albert Einstein
Our everyday lives are filled with amassive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand theworld we live in. Considering the complex variety of data floating around us,sometimes the best—or even only—
way to communicate is visually. This uniquebook presents a fascinating perspective on the subject, highlighting the workof the masters of the profession, creators of breakthroughs that have changedthe way we communicate. Information Graphics has been conceived and designednot just for graphics professionals, but for anyone interested in the historyand practice of communicating visually.
The in-
depth introductory section,illustrated with over 60 images (each accompanied by an explanatory caption),features essays by Sandra Rendgen, Paolo Ciuccarelli, Richard Saul Wurman, andSimon Rogers. Looking back all the way to primitive cave paintings as a meansof communication, this section gives readers an excellent overview of thesubject. The second part of the book is entirely dedicated to contemporaryworks by today’s most renowned professionals, presenting 200 graphics projects,with over 400 examples—each with a fact sheet and an explanation of methods andobjectives
—divided into chapters by the topics Location, Time, Category, andHierarchy.
Includes:
200 projects and over 400 examples ofcontemporary information graphics from all over the world—
ranging fromjournalism to art, government, education, business and much more
Four essays about the development ofinformation graphics since its beginnings
Theauthor
Sandra Rendgen studied art history andcultural studies in Berlin and Amsterdam. Her work both as an editor and indeveloping concepts for media installations concentrates at the interfacebetween image culture and technology, with a particular focus on datavisualization, interactive media and the history of how information isconveyed. She is the author of TASCHEN’s Information Graphics and Understandingthe World.
Theeditor
Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design andmarketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyobefore joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! andRecord Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books aboutadvertising and visual culture.
Information Graphics
Sandra Rendgen, Julius Wiedemann
Hardcover with poster, 21 x 31.5 cm, 2.47kg, 480 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8383-1
Multilingual Edition: English, French,German
简介
图表，地图，统计数据和示意图：这本信息图合集探索了大数据时代视觉传达的发展。400多张代表性图表——从新闻到艺术，从政府到教育不等——都附有相关文章，这些文章探讨了用图进行说明这种逐步发展的艺术形式。书中包含深入详尽的介绍资料，对每个图表项目进行了说明。
Sandra Rendgen, Julius Wiedemann
精装本，带海报，21 x 31.5厘米, 2.47 公斤, 480 页
更多信息
“如果你不能用简单的语言来解释，说明你还没有真正理解。”——爱因斯坦
我们的日常生活充斥着大量的信息，为了理解我们所生活的的世界，我们必须对这些信息进行解释。考虑到漂浮在我们周围的各种复杂数据，有时候**的，甚至是**的交流方式是视觉化。关于这个主题，这本****的书提供了一个有趣的视角，重点介绍了行业大师们的作品，因为他们的突破改变了我们的传达方式。《信息图形学》的构思和设计不仅是针对专业的平面设计师，而且还针对对视觉化传达的历史和实践感兴趣的所有人。
深入详尽的介绍部分包含Sandra Rendgen, Paolo Ciuccarelli, Richard Saul Wurman,和Simon Rogers撰写的文章，用60多张图片进行了说明（每张图都附有说明文字）。这个部分对这个主题进行了一次精彩的概述，它一路回顾到原始的洞穴壁画，并认为它们也是一种传达方式。本书的第二部分全部用来介绍当今最**的专业人士创作的当代作品，展示了200个图表项目，包含400多件代表作品，每一件代表作都附有介绍资料和对方法和目标的说明。这些作品按主题——地点、时间、类别和等级——被分成了多个章节。
包括：
来自世界各地的200个项目和400多件当代信息图的代表作——从新闻到艺术、政府、教育、商业等等
四篇文章，介绍了信息图自诞生以来的发展
作者介绍
Sandra Rendgen曾经在柏林和阿姆斯特丹学习艺术史和文化研究。她是一名编辑，同时还致力于为媒体装置构思概念，这两项工作都聚焦于图像文化与技术之间的界面上，尤其侧重于数据可视化，交互式媒体以及信息传递的历史。她是TASCHEN的“信息图形和了解世界”的作者。TASCHEN出版的书籍《信息图形学》（Information Graphics）和《理解世界》（Understanding the World）都出自她之手。
编辑介绍
Julius Wiedemann曾经的专业是平面设计和市场营销，在2001年加入TASCHEN之前是在东京担任报纸和设计杂志的艺术编辑。他参与编辑的书籍包括《插画现在时！》（Illustration Now!）和“唱片封面”系列，以及有关广告和视觉文化的信息图表合集和书籍。
信息图形学
Sandra Rendgen, Julius Wiedemann
精装本，带海报，21 x 31.5厘米, 2.47 公斤, 480 页
ISBN 978-3-8365-8383-1
多语言版：英语、法语、德语
