{"id":567,"date":"2012-02-03T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/?p=567"},"modified":"2016-03-23T13:24:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:24:12","slug":"bored-with-charts-and-excel-spreadsheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/general\/bored-with-charts-and-excel-spreadsheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bored with Charts and Excel Spreadsheets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the favourite Christmas presents in our household\u00a0last year was a book called \u2018Information is Beautiful\u2019 by David McCandless.\u00a0 A wide ranging collection of facts and theories presented as wonderful graphics.<\/p>\n

It really is quite amazing to look at topics,\u00a0which if written in figures would have the potential to bore you to tears,\u00a0that become fascinating and intriguing represented as shapes and intricate flow diagrams.\u00a0 The other advantage is that my 7 year old became obsessed with learning all the facts on every page showing that, when teaching people, young or old, about a new subject sometimes presenting it slightly differently can really pay dividends.<\/p>\n

Why not have a think about how you present information about your company, and whether the graphic touch could help get the message across in\u00a0a more beautiful way!<\/p>\n

You can buy the book here <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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