The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
I love it when I come across two examples of a point I want to make. That adds more weight to said point, right? I started yesterday off enjoying BBC History’s series of video explainers about WW1. Lovely, and informative,…
See how they all dance together
I saw two things on Twitter recently that got me very excited but that also might sound the death knell of my blog. Telling Information came about through my desire to rationalise all the things that contribute to the making…
All about Bloomberg Business Week
If I had a pound for every time someone’s recommended Bloomberg Business Week recently I’d be £5 better off. Which I could have put towards buying the latest issue of Eye in which Simon Esterson interviews BBW’s creative director Richard…
Infographics in an editorial world
It’s one thing wanting an infographic and quite another knowing how to use them. That’s me paraphrasing – and agreeing with – illustrator-cum-infografista Nathalie Lees, someone who knows what makes for a good editorial infographic. Talking at the EDO’s infographic…
Factual visuals
Amongst all the rush, speculation and invention in trying to cover the capture of Osama Bin Laden, Público stand out for working with facts, keeping it simple and, as always, integrating the visuals and words so well.
Eureka: Integrated infographics
I went back to my parents for Christmas and an unexpected delight was to find – stacked tidily in the corner of my bedroom – a pile of ‘Eureka’, The Times’ monthly supplement about Science. Life. The Planet. It launched…
Integrate word and pictures
So often a graphic is commissioned, a piece written, and the first time the two are seen together is when they are published. Both designer and journalist think they have done their job, but neither has looked at what the…