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Nonesense Infographics are Just as Pretty (and Hard to Read) as the Real Thing

  • Posted by: Zach Frechette
  • on July 1, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Infographics—and “information design” in general—are about as hot as they can get right now. So intentionally or not, Flickr user and ersatz artist 1chord & a fib has created a wonderful meta commentary on this emerging medium by producing a series of nonesense infographics with no labels, or discernable meaning. Absent these indicators they are, like many examples of actual infographics (ahem, ahem), hard to decipher. But true to form, they sure are pretty. See them all here.

(Thanks, atleykins.)

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DISCUSSION: 1 Comment
    • Posted by: josh chambers
    • on July 7, 2009 at 9:37 am

    Awesome.

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