Compared to what? A short intervention at the visual voltage workshop Berlin, Jan 2010.

1. TRENDS IN DATA VISUALIZATION
5 mins. interruption › Moritz Stefaner

2. Background
1998 – 2002 Web industry
2002 – 2005 BSc Cognitive Science
2005 – 2007 MA Interface Design
2007 – 2009 Research assistant FH Potsdam
2004 – Freelance information visualizer
working for Skype, World Economic Forum, Yahoo…
Works exhibited at ars electronica, SIGGRAPH, …
Nominated for the Design Award of the Federal
Republic of Germany 2010

3. INFORMATION Integrity
Relevance Form
Function DESIGN
Based on a draft by David McCandless

4. well-formed.eigenfactor.org Moritz Stefaner & Eigenfactor Team, 2009

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13. Information
is a difference } perception
that makes a difference } semantics
Gregory Bateson

15. USA
Annual health spending per person: $7920
Average life expectancy at birth: 78 years

21. die großen photos
Chris Jordan: Running the numbers

22. Chris Jordan: Running the numbers

23. Chris Jordan: Running the numbers

25. blprnt haiti
Jer Thorpe // blprnt.com

26. IN TERMS OF WHAT?
COMPARED TO WHAT?