[/caption]Touching on the subject of information design once again, I thought I'd mention another designer working in that area, Peter Crnokrak of The Luxury of Protest.
In many ways, Crnokrak's work is at the opposite end of information design to David McCandless (whose work was mentioned in my previous post). Considering the Modernist, minimal style of Crnokrak's work, it could be suggested that his work is designed by a graphic designer for a graphic designer. Crnokrak does not use pictorials, colour or any of the other attributes found in information design geared toward the general public. As such, the work could be seen as a little more 'high brow' than that of McCandless. However, given the increased complexity of the work, lack of colour or pictorials (all commonplace in McCandless' work), it certainly does not have the same ease of comprehension. In many ways, it is purely form over function.
In saying all this, it is not the intention to criticize overly Crnokrak's work. All of the above attributes, while can mean a more challange for the reader to understand the information, also means that the work of Crnokrak is visually stunning. The lack of pictorials lead to the use of striking geometric forms. Beautiful, minimalist typography adorns the work, with highly contrasting 6pt type set against 120pt headlines. Perhaps the 6pt type is indeed difficult to read, and the complex shapes may require you to study the each piece like a treasure map in order to comprehend it, but from the perspective of a graphic designer, they are visually beautiful works.
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