Illustration/David McCandless and Stephanie Posavec, InformationIsBeautiful.net
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From Information Is Beautiful.net:
A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from my book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th).
Of course, the political spectrum is not quite so polarised. Actually, it’s more of a diamond shape, apparently. But this is how it’s mostly presented via the media — left wing vs. right wing, liberal vs. conservative, Labour vs Tory. And perhaps in our minds too…
This kind of visual approach to mapping concepts really excites me. I like the way it coaxes me to entertain two apparently contradictory value systems at the same time. Or, in other words, I like the way it f**ks with my head.
