Quoting from my favourite marketer Seth Godin:
The only way to succeed is to be remarkable, to be talked about.
Seth Godin
So I was really amused that Peltier Tech picked up on my past article “Ugly Real Economic Growth Chart from Singapore Statistics” and was inspired to write another. Good ideas do travel.
I made certain aesthetics changes to an original chart from Singapore Statistics.
Some modest changes and this was created:
What irked me was that the author proposed charts that had everything I hate about Excel charts.
He merely recoloured the original ugly chart! Compare and see for yourself.
I always wanted to combine business aesthetics and business savvy in Excel charts.
In my latest workshop Making Beautiful Excel Charts I will break all the traditional rules in Excel charting. What you get are designer-quality charting ideas with Excel.
That being said, I whipped up another version. Without be-labouring the point, the results are obvious for everyone to see.
Let me end this with Seth Godin’s words again:
The new Dream that markets around the world are embracing is this:
- Be Remarkable
- Be generous
- Create Art
- Make Judgement calls
- Connect people to new ideas
and we have no choice but to reward you.
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2 Responses
Whilst i agree with what you have said in this post, the PT chart shown here is basically a reworking of the original data, but tidied up a little, I think that the PT post quiet obliviously used the reworking as a stepping stone to develop a Panel Chart.
Now I am not saying that the panel chart is better or worse than your suggested alternative (here or originally), but if you are going to respond to the PT alternative & comment on your alternative, then at least state what the PT alternative is, not the half way point. That is, show a bit more integrity.
You both offer good info websites, no need to be squabbling.
Anyway, that is my 2 cents worth.
Thanks,
ASM
Isn’t that Frank Zappa?