The Seedy Underbelly of the Charts and Graphs World

File under: ain’t this site a nifty resource? It’s Junk Charts. It’s a site dedicated to nothing but charts and graphs found lingering around in ads, newspapers, and anywhere where you usually find such things. It’s useful in two respects: a) it goes into great detail about what’s not working in the examples, how the data being discussed isn’t being put clearly enough, and b) because it’s showing you what not to do, it’s a good method of learning how to do it right when it comes to your own work. Granted, there’s probably not a ton of designers who are being asked to make charts and graphs, but who knows in this business. Even if it isn’t for client work, what about for pitches or movements in your own business or side projects? And hey, if anything, maybe just seeing some of the different work out there in the field might inspire you. And that’s what we’re here for. Well, that and the free mediabistro t-shirts.

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