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Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
RULE NINE
*Remember Misinformation Can Be Beautiful Too*
I love dazzle camouflage - century-old solution to the problem of camouflaging a ship with a smokestack on an ever-changing sea from u-boats...
RULE NINE
*Remember Misinformation Can Be Beautiful Too*
I love dazzle camouflage - century-old solution to the problem of camouflaging a ship with a smokestack on an ever-changing sea from u-boats...
The use of dazzling patterns broke up the outlines of the ship, making it hard for periscope operators peering through a tiny 'scope to discern speed and direction. Slow-moving torpedoes would then miss.
Modern dataviz reminds me of dazzle camouflage. Beautiful, yes - but often they misdirect, intentionally or unintentionally.
A loyal audiobook listener pointed out that, brilliant, clear and strangely moving as my performance is, there are no pictures in the audiobook of "How To Make The World Add Up" / "The Data Detective". True.
So some links and images below...
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So some links and images below...
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Always loved this picture of dazzle camouflage. Modern infographics are a bit like dazzle: they attract attention, then confuse or misdirect...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_ca…
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_ca…
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This infamous image by Nigel Holmes from Time Magazine is a splendid example of what Tufte dismisses as "ChartJunk". Like it? Hate it?
visualoop.com/infographics/d…
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visualoop.com/infographics/d…
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