PICTURE THIS — 2019’s Kaldor awards for data visualisation
The Oscars of data visualisation are on again, with another selection of the weird, the wonderful and the worthy.
A GOOD INFOGRAPHIC can convey in one paper page (or web screen or Powerpoint slide) a dataset that might otherwise require thousands of words to explain. No prizes for guessing how many people will happily look at a graphic instead of ploughing through several pages of text.
Entries in the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards are enlightening, thought-provoking, and above all, never boring.
Now in its eighth year, the 10 Kantar prize categories – including Maps, Places & Spaces, Leisure and Unusual – are open to anyone with a vision, from creative agencies and news agencies to students and non-professional data nerds. Shortlisted in the 2019 Science and Technology category, Federica Fragapane’s elegant exploration of space junk for BBC Science Focus had us thinking back to Alice Gorman’s story “The Cane Toads of Space”, in Issue 83 of Cosmos.
Winners were announced at a gala ceremony in London on 20 November. Visit www.informationisbeautifulawards.com to admire, and be inspired. Entries for 2020 open in June.