There is an interesting trend in graphic design towards incorporating datasets and generating 'information graphics'. An extension of deconstructing symbology in society, rendering meaning from the meaningless, searching for order in chaos. For example the work of
Michael Najjar graces the cover of
Data Flow 2: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design
This incredible mountain range is an overlay onto a Nasdaq indice, showing a peak, a trough and minor resurge, before restablising near the initial state. While creating an arresting image the value of the 'information' contained within it is questionable. Without graph parameters and values the information lacks context.
