Conference with a cause
I’ve been collecting the work and ideas of people I admire on this blog and in reviewing the recent Information Design Conference under the title of Designing with a cause I ended up referencing most of them. Which means I’ve…
Designing with a cause
Loved this little detail on every (brilliant) helper’s shoulder at last week’s Information Design Conference held in Greenwich here in London. It typifies what information designers do best: coming up with a simple and appropriate solution specific to a context….
Malofiej20
Sadly I wasn’t able to go this year but here’s a great round up by Jonathon Berlin of the best, the quirky, the one and only, Malofiej annual infographics conference, highlighting the main themes, ideas, people. The roll call of…
The Data Journalism Handbook
It’s been an absolute pleasure preparing a poster about the Data Journalism Handbook, a free, open source reference book which shows how journalists can use data to improve the news. While the book’s being launched end-April at the International Journalism…
The Unpacking of Complexity
Another great Design of Understanding just happened here in London on Friday. Max’s conference set out to explore mark making and meaning on the basis that, as designers, we should only communicate if we understand something. Well, so what? That’s…
When to use an infographic
If only I was in Perugia this afternoon… For a concise rundown of good reasons for deploying every newsroom’s favourite format – the infographic – just read the titles that the NYT’s deputy graphics director Matthew Ericson uses to describe…
Snapshot of the industry
It’s the end of March, it’s nearly spring, that means only one thing: Malofiej. It’s hard to describe Malofiej to newcomers. It’s more like a community than a conference. This year was no different. It’s always lovely to catch up…