Stjep reviewed Raw Data by Steven Heller
Review of 'Raw Data' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Should be 3.5 stars
The book offers a nice overview of different approaches and concepts towards infographics and data visualization, though it doesn't really go in-depth. Designers explain in a few sentences how they came to work in this field, what their process usually looks like (again, very shallow) and append some WIP sketches of their visualizations.
Though the visualizations are interesting, they are often depicted too small, so that some (and in some cases all of) the text essentially becomes illegible.
If you're looking for a "how to" book on infographics and/or data visualization, this isn't it. If you however want to get some inspiration on what data visualization can look like and where / how it can be applied, this book provides a decent overview.