I am so excited to share my most ambitious data adventure yet. It is called INFO WE TRUST: How to inspire the world with data. And it is published by Wiley.
Info We Trust shows you how to make information people can believe in. I wrote it for everyone who not only wants to understand and see things better, but also wants to help other people see things better too. I promise that reading Info We Trust will embolden you to do great things with data.
Along the way, you will experience a tremendous adventure story through the great saga of our information civilization that includes over 300 original illustrations hand-drawn by me, just for this book. I am very proud of Info We Trust, an incredible cast of data storytellers like it, and I'm pretty sure you are going to like it too.
Info We Trust is on sale at Amazon or can be ordered through your local independent book store
The below sizzle reel features data storytelling masters sharing their reactions after a preview look at Info We Trust.
The following design essays give a behind-the-scenes look at many dimensions of book production and detail the most interesting (and idiosyncratic) aspects of Info We Trust.
Design Essays
Eighty Weeks, a mildly quantitative reflection on the road from pitch to publication.
Packaging, chasing a book cover that attracts attention, differentiates from the competition, and conveys some idea of what’s inside.
Writing is Hard, anxiety and gratitude for a most challenging technology.
Information Arts, books without data essential for dataViz makers.
Multiple Narratives, how a graphic layout system weaves three narratives: text, marginalia, and illustrations.
Hand Drawn, the how and why behind hand drawing 300 illustrations.
Contents Galore, dual Table and Map of Contents, because every good adventure story starts with a map.
Modern Classics, the impact of Bertin, Tukey, Tufte, Holmes, & Cleveland.
Interviews
🎙 Storytelling With Data, a wide-sweeping discussion with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic is coming soon!
🎙 Data Viz Today podcast interview with Alli Torban digs into how I structure my days to be the most creative data storyteller (and author) that I can be. I also give my take on the essential components to being consistently creative, even when faced with a limited toolset or under a deadline.
🎙 PolicyViz podcast interview with Jon Schwabish discusses why I use the word "craft" when discussing my practice, explores my bibliomania, and details the relationship between the book and classic data visualization authors like Tufte and Tukey.
🎙 Tech Nation NPR interview with Moira Gunn.
Info We Trust (the website) is an award-winning ‘data adventure’ exploring how to better humanize information. Data storyteller RJ Andrews is based in San Francisco and the author of Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data. Please let me know what you think via Twitter @infowetrust or the contact page.
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