persuasive graphics: Brian Oakes the new Tufte?
via Brandon Schauer of Adaptive Path
There’s been a bit of chatter lately about the info graphic put together by barackobama.com to sell the idea that the Recovery Act is working.
I’m not trying to sell you on the graphic, because there are others that don’t see it that way. But I did want to point out the video that goes along with the graphic:
That video looks heavily influenced by, or created by, Brian Oakes, a talented graphic designer working in film and print, on such things as the I.O.U.S.A. video:
My point isn’t about politics at all. My point it that every once in a while I try to put together a snazzy presentation to persuade people to get behind an idea. Often I’d turn to Edward Tufte for some inspiration of how to present parts of my case. But much more often, I’ve been inspired by the work of Brian Oakes, who knows how to present data with storytelling to lay out a clear and compelling case, regardless of what that case is.
