The NYT and NYT.com shared the Peter Sullivan/Best of Show during the 17th Malofiej awards
The jury decided to unanimously award this printed and online coverage entitled 'The Ebb and flow movies: box office' which explains in detail the weekly box office receipt from all movies opened in the US during the last three decades - developed by Amanda Cox
Although, my first impressions were a little 'grey' I guess the 'curves of pleasure' and sheer ingenuity and audacity swung the jury
Which leads me to think that there are two clear distinctions in our world of infographics;
those which are rendered by the experience, limitations and knowledge via our brain
and those which are rendered by the experience, limitations and knowledge via developed data software
Trust me, neither is better or worse than the other - both are valid and exceptional ways to communicate
I guess the industry faced the same emotional debate between those who had trained to illustrate by hand, and those on the computer
Of course the latter is purely design to number crunch, and develop data-driven infography
But most importantly the biggest difference is in the language we use; 'developer' and 'data-driven' rather than 'artist' and 'illustrate'...
... indeed both allow the infografista to communicate their content and idea
But the word on the street is that some fear the death of their traditional trade; I don't thinks so - its just another branch of the infographics tree
