title: The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization (Voices That Matter)
author:  Alberto Cairo 
description: Welcome to Albertos world. Cairo has done it all in <i>The Functional Art</i>: theory, practice, examples. And hes done it brilliantly. It is the most comprehensive and sensible book yet on real-world information graphics; we wont need another one for a long time.  <b>Nigel Holmes, former graphics director for <i>Time</i> magazine and founder of Explanation Graphics</b> <br /> <br />If graphic designer Nigel Holmes and data visualizer Edward Tufte had a child, his name would be Alberto Cairo. In <i>The Functional Art</i>, accomplished graphics journalist Cairo injects the chaotic world of infographics with a mature, thoughtful, and scientifically grounded perspective that it sorely needs. With extraordinary grace and clarity, Cairo seamlessly unites infographic form and function in a design philosophy that should endure for generations.<br />  <b>Stephen Few, author of <i>Show Me the Numbers<br /> <br /> </i> </b>This book is long overdue. Whether youre just getting started visualizing information or have been doing it all your life, whether you're looking for a basic understanding of visualization or a detailed how-to reference, this is the book youre looking for. Alberto Cairo, a professional journalist, information designer, and artist, shows how to visualize anything in a simple, straightforward, and intelligent way. <br />  <b>Karl Gude, former infographics director at <i>Newsweek</i> and Graphics Editor in Residence at the School of Journalism, Michigan State University<br /> </b> <br /> <i>The Functional Art </i>is brilliant, didactic, and entertaining. I own dozens of books on visual information, but Cairos is already on the shortlist of five that I recommendalong with those by Edward Tufte, Nigel Holmes, and Richard Saul Wurmanto anybody who wishes to have a career in information graphics. Cairo is one of those rare professionals who has been able to combine real-world experience with the academia.<br />  <b>Mario Tascn, director of Spanish consulting firm Prodigioso Volcn<br /> <br /> </b>"Read It. There is really nothing else to say. If you care about how visualization is used to communicate to people, this is the book for you. If youre a journalist, you need to read it. If youre an academic doing visualization research, you really, really need to read it. This is the stuff weve been missing in visualization for the last 25 years."<b> <br />-Robert Kosara, EagerEyes<br /> </b> <br />"If youre interested to find the right balance between aesthetics and function in the context of data visualization, you cannot avoid Alberto Cairos The Functional Art, probably the best data visualization book published in 2012." <br />-<b>Jorge Cames, www.excelcharts.com </b>
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  PersPectives on visuality in egyPt 2011-2013
  
  
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  **Acknowledgements**
  
  
  Special thanks are due to all the artists and writers who have poured their
  work into this project during the past two-and-a-half years. Applied arts
  students at the German University in Cairo, who worked on their research long
  after our courses on political visual communication came to an end; William
  Wells of the Townhouse Gallery Cairo, for offering a place to work, think, and
  meet; visitors of the exhibition "Politics of Representation" for collecting
  election posters from the streets; Dina Kafafi for utilizing her networks to
  search for artistic works related to