The Visual Miscellaneum

Would you consider pre-ordering my book? That way I can get it into more bookshops. And we can spread the good news about the amazing ALL-GRAPHIC FUTURE OF CIVILISATION THAT AWAITS US!

It’s out in the US 10th November. And in the UK on the 4th February.

Here’s a Visual Miscellaneum US pre-order link

Cover design by DesignWorksGroup

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Cover
I received my first copies this week – a joyful and agonising experience. Joyful because yay it’s my book! Agonising because, inevitably, I keep seeing things I want to change or tweak or improve.

Overall though, I think it’s pretty good. Ultimately, I wanted to explore a whole range of subjects as visually and beautifully as possible, with the minimum of text. I hope I managed it and I hope you enjoy it.

Here are some pictures to give you a sense of it.

(Sorry about the awful framing of some of these. I’m a designer, not a photographer yeah?)

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Inside Cover

Bubble contents. I think that’s the most text you’ll see on a page

The Visual MIscellaneum by David McCandless: Contents

Ah I love this page. See theonline version

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Mountains Out of Molehills

Excellent work from Laura Sullivan

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Colours

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: The Billion Dollar Gram

Great work from Jez Burrows

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Carbon Aware

THE SPIRAL!

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Spiral

This will be online soon

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Creationism

Awesome work from Always With Honor

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Creation

This is the visual index

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Index

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless: Backcover

Here’s that Visual Miscellaneum US pre-order link again.

Enjoy! And let me know what you think. Thanks! david.

(p.s. if you want review copies, please email
USA: Meredith.Rusu@harpercollins.com | UK & EUROPE: Katherine.Patrick@harpercollins.co.uk)


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123 Comments

  1. jamie niehof
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 4:33 am | Permalink

    hello,
    i also got a misprinted book. i sent an email to orders@harpercollins.com and all they needed is my address and they are going to send me a correct copy. hope this helps.

    jamie

  2. Robert
    Posted November 21, 2009 at 11:48 pm | Permalink

    David – Any update on the printing errors?
    I want to order a copy of the book from amazon.com to ship to New Zealand but am hesitant about getting a copy with a printing error.

  3. Markus
    Posted November 24, 2009 at 1:41 am | Permalink

    I got one copy off the amazon marketplace from a uk-based seller
    because it is only available in Germany starting from three to six weeks (that’s where i live).

    However there are also alot of misprintings in it (i’ve counted like 5 now), text not even showing up/missing (3x) plus colors marking off to the opposite page (2x).

    Seriously it looks like i got half-finished stuff being rushed out from the factory too early.

    Beside that i feel quite strange having recommended it to quite a few friends,
    just for the fact that they’ve also pre-ordered on amazon few days ago.

    What am i going to do now ? Is there any solution ?

    Thanks in advance & Best Regards,
    Markus

  4. Alicia Wade
    Posted November 24, 2009 at 3:53 am | Permalink

    beautiful work.
    reminds me of +Edward Tufte – Beautiful Evidence+ but with more colour.

  5. Wan
    Posted November 24, 2009 at 5:20 am | Permalink

    Walked passed it in a bookshop in Bangkok the other day, just had to buy it ;)
    Great work!!!

  6. Posted November 26, 2009 at 10:34 pm | Permalink

    Just got your book at Barnes & Nobles yesterday, recommended by a senior friend. Really a good one!

  7. Posted November 28, 2009 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    Just put it on my Christmas list. :)

  8. Maurice
    Posted November 29, 2009 at 9:39 pm | Permalink

    Hi David, thanks for the great book! I really love it, even with all the errors – but these are still annoying and i wonder how this much errors could pass. I would really appreciate a pdf with the updated version of the misprinted diagrams.

  9. Nayland Olsen
    Posted November 30, 2009 at 5:41 am | Permalink

    While I love the book, (I spent the entire afternoon reading it from cover to cover) I was disappointed to find that there are missing texts on pages 60-64. Is there a way to receive the complete art for these pages?

  10. H
    Posted December 1, 2009 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

    Why does the UK version have less pages? Is there a significant difference in the content?

    I’d much rather like to buy a hardback copy with the US cover.

    Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!

  11. Posted December 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm | Permalink

    Fantastic book!

  12. Posted December 7, 2009 at 1:54 am | Permalink

    Amazing as always :)

  13. Posted December 8, 2009 at 9:27 pm | Permalink

    Forgot where I saw your book …looks super interesting. Wanted to look inside on Amazon but there is no”look inside” function. Thank you for providing the photos. This will make a wonderful Christmas present.
    Regards,
    Susanna

  14. Hillarie
    Posted December 22, 2009 at 5:20 am | Permalink

    My copy is also missing text. Could you email the pdf to me as well? Thank you. Excellent work, by the way :)

  15. Posted January 4, 2010 at 6:38 pm | Permalink

    Буду с нетерпением ждать следующую статью 8л

  16. Posted January 5, 2010 at 8:49 am | Permalink

    Интересно пишете, мне понравилось 7в

  17. Posted January 5, 2010 at 1:55 pm | Permalink

    С нетерпением жду следующих порбликаций 5в

  18. Matthias
    Posted January 6, 2010 at 3:35 pm | Permalink

    finally my book arrived today. Also with missing text. Very sad but the book is awesome anyway. Looking forward to see the last pages in Textversion.

  19. Posted January 6, 2010 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

    Занес в закладки, буду следить дальше 5а

  20. Posted January 6, 2010 at 9:54 pm | Permalink

    Очень понравилась статья, только кое-что хотелось бы уточнить 5ф

  21. Posted January 7, 2010 at 7:29 am | Permalink

    Узнал много интересного и жду ещё 5р

  22. Posted January 7, 2010 at 6:38 pm | Permalink

    Мне понравился стиль автора 3ы

  23. Posted January 7, 2010 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    Очень понравилась статья, но кое-что не совсем понял 4п

  24. Posted January 7, 2010 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

    Хорошо пишете, мне понравилось 5р

  25. amanda
    Posted January 8, 2010 at 5:02 am | Permalink

    i really love the book,

    though the missing text is driving me insane!
    =/

  26. Posted January 8, 2010 at 11:26 am | Permalink

    Читал с удовольствием, очень советую 4э

  27. Posted January 8, 2010 at 9:59 pm | Permalink

    Понравился стиль автора 4ы

  28. Posted January 9, 2010 at 8:45 am | Permalink

    Очень понравились статьи, только не все понял 5х

  29. Posted January 9, 2010 at 10:31 am | Permalink

    Прикольно пишете, жду следующих статей 4д

  30. Posted January 9, 2010 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

    Некоторые моменты не понял, но интересный материал 5л

  31. Posted January 9, 2010 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    Много интересного узнал 3д

  32. Posted January 9, 2010 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

    Прикольно автор подобрал материал 3а

  33. Posted January 10, 2010 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

    Очень понравились статьи 3д

  34. Posted January 10, 2010 at 4:23 pm | Permalink

    Взял в закладки, хорошая подборка 2ф

  35. Posted January 10, 2010 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    Респект автору, мне очень понравилось 2ф

  36. Posted January 11, 2010 at 6:44 am | Permalink

    Отличную подборочку сделал автор, взял на заметку 2й

  37. Posted January 11, 2010 at 10:20 am | Permalink

    Утащил в закладки, интересно пишет автор 5х

  38. Posted January 11, 2010 at 1:33 pm | Permalink

    Буду почаще заглядывать в этот блог, отличная подборка 4в

  39. Posted January 11, 2010 at 2:34 pm | Permalink

    This site and the unbiased information you spend so much time researching has generated so many amazing conversations in my office. When are you going to sell them as posters. I’m a professor and this is the kind of stuff that really tickles our fancy.

  40. Posted January 11, 2010 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    Мне понравился стиль автора, очень креативно 3р

  41. Posted January 11, 2010 at 7:26 pm | Permalink

    Nicely done!

  42. Caroline Chu
    Posted January 11, 2010 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    Wow! It visually speaks for itself!

  43. Verena
    Posted January 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

    I just love to receive your emails with the visualizations and often forward them to my friends. It is true: Information really IS beautiful!

  44. Posted January 11, 2010 at 8:31 pm | Permalink

    Очень интересные статьи 2р

  45. Aariq
    Posted January 11, 2010 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

    Hey, I really like your work. I’d love one of those books!

  46. Henry Kaiser
    Posted January 11, 2010 at 9:56 pm | Permalink

    GREAT BOOK! now I am waiting for it to come into 2nd printing – so that I can easily give some to friends, via Amazon

  47. Raziel
    Posted January 11, 2010 at 10:46 pm | Permalink

    Refreshing ideas for presenting data.

  48. Posted January 11, 2010 at 11:25 pm | Permalink

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  49. charly
    Posted January 12, 2010 at 1:45 am | Permalink

    Its beautimous. when will the second printing be out?

  50. Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:38 am | Permalink

    Очень понравился стиль автора 4и

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