Goodreads calls this book, A love letter to data storytelling, and the book itself states that it takes readers on a journey through this subject, capturing its essence, with each chapter unveiling a rich tapestry of insights, tracing the evolution of charts from mere shadows of civilisation to potent instruments of persuasion.
Info We Trust: How to Create Value with Data Graphics
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Description
J. Andrews has a storyteller’s flair when navigating his way through embodied cognition, special encoding, and uncertainty. The book is broken into the following sections:
At our ORIGIN; data, story, and the adventures ahead are introduced. Numbers and where they come from are established before we arrange data into forms we can read.
0. The Goal of Our Craft
1. Data Shadows
2. Information Murmurs
A METAPHORICAL understanding of the world anchors our transformation of data to stories. How we experience space and time helps us build grids and other homes for data. We then fill these homes with meaning.
3. Embodied Encoding
4. Counting Time
5. World Building
6. Infuse Meaning
7. True Colors
A MATHEMAGICAL search for comparisons and patterns is boosted by translation and transformation techniques, all in the pursuit of truthfulness.
8. Explore to Create
9. Create to Explore
10. Uncertain Honesty
A SENSATIONAL intermission enriches appreciation for how humans learn through experiences, narratives, images, emotions, and explanations.
11. Information Arts
An INFORMATIONAL study of the goals, methods, and daily practice of data storytelling craftwork.
12. Inspire Trust
13. Imagination To Image
14. Focus Attention
15. Creative Routines
Our finale Beautiful Tomorrow encourages the ONWARD creation of new shared understanding.
Spanning mythic heroes to modern data pioneers, Info We Trust illuminates the intersection of narrative artistry and scientific inquiry. Meticulously handcrafted, this title’s illustrations enrich every page, making it a visual delight that captures the essence of data storytelling.
Author – R J Andrews
Format – Hardback
Publisher – Visionary Press
Pub date – 2025 Remastered edition (First published 2019)
ISBN – 9798986194530
Pages – 223
Dimensions – 246mm x 175mm
Weight – 617g
