Nonsensical Infographics Are 100% Fictional, 128% Conversation-Starting
Posted by Will_Han on Tuesday, Jul 06, 2010
Chad Hagen is a graphic designer clearly in the midst of a years-long love-hate relationship with that magazine messiah, the infographic. A set of his prints riffing on the form are currently for sale on one of our favorite art sites, 20×200. They remind us that what can make for an elegant way of displaying information (especially in the truth-shaker of the Internet) might also be deceptively reductive.
Nonsensical Infographic No. 1
Writes Hagen:
The science of infographics is an interesting beast. Infographics’ level of success is always based on how much and how well they communicate their data—the classic form follows function. In this series, I reversed these roles—form is king and dictates what the infographic communicates. Welcome to the world of fictional visual information.
Nonsensical Infographic No. 2
Nonsensical Infographic No. 3
Nonsensical Infographic No. 4
Buy a print and visit Chad Hagen’s website.
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