Beautiful News by David McCandless - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9780007448371. Publisher: William Collins. Age Range: Adult. Overview. Beautiful News: Positive Trends, Uplifting Stats, Creative Solutions is the third book from information designer David McCandless, following his bestselling Information Is Beautiful and Knowledge Is Beautiful. Rather than dwelling on doom-laden headlines, McCandless turns his celebrated infographic style toward the good news hiding in plain sight, charting genuine progress across health, environment, technology and society. Beautifully produced and endlessly browsable, it's a hardback built for shelves, coffee tables and curious minds alike.. About the Book. Beautiful News collects positive trends, uplifting statistics and creative solutions, all rendered as clear, elegant infographics rather than dense blocks of text. Across 256 pages, McCandless charts genuine, verifiable progress: falling poverty rates, rising literacy, cleaner energy breakthroughs, conservation wins and surprising human achievements, each visualised with his trademark colour, wit and clarity. Instead of abstract statistics, every spread reveals patterns and context that make progress tangible and easy to grasp at a glance. It's the natural next step from his earlier bestsellers, applying the same rigorous, design-led approach to a deliberately hopeful subject. Readers don't need a background in data or design to enjoy it; the book is built to be dipped into, page by page, with each infographic standing alone as a small, satisfying story. For anyone tired of relentless negativity in the news cycle, this is a carefully researched antidote grounded in real evidence rather than wishful thinking. It works equally well as a browsing book for a quiet evening, a conversation-starting coffee-table title, or a classroom resource for teaching critical thinking about data and visual storytelling.. Evidence-based optimism: Real data behind every uplifting claim, not vague positivity..