Figures alone aren’t effective for comparing data. Visualising data allows us to see the difference between data in a visual way that would otherwise have less impact as plain text.
Data visualisation allows us to see the patterns in data, and draw conclusions from it.
Design is about solving problems and creating elegant solutions, information design is about solving information problems.
David McCandless talks about his love for beautiful data and finding patterns and connections and shows us some of his graphs that are well refined and show interesting patterns.
Data Visualisation 