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Helpful and interesting principles. I like how the new format really gives meaning to the data.

Cattle are color-blind to red and green. The reason that red is used is two-fold: 1) it is easy to see from a distance by the audience, and 2) it indicates that the final, killing strike will be delivered to the animal.

I agree with wedgeland. The Avant Garde mentality that many artists have seems to get in the way of quality work. Really thinking it through to make something wholly worthwhile and enjoyable.

And yes, your design is much easier to look at and doesn't threaten to make my retinas bleed. Bless you for redoing it.

Your map is beautiful! I think using the cooler end of the color spectrum was a great choice because world maps are always very busy; blues and greens are just more soothing. You're right about the black, too. It just makes everything pop. I can't imagine what the people at Wired were thinking. Shocking red and vomit green? Ew. Their Legend also looks like a danger scale.

This color disaster, started with the brilliant red background, which excites powerful emotions and causes the heart rate to increase. Looking at it, hurts not only your overall perception of the work, but in understanding how the other colors relate to the information. I am in full agreement that we have more "graphic artists" who are not artistic, creative, and know the first thing about, the human sapian perceptions on color.
Remember the Matador waves a red velvet cloth before a bull, why is that again?

The original graphic made me a bit dizzy. Nice job making it clearer and easier on the eye. Unfortunately alot graphic designers are lacking in artistic vision. Left vs. right side of brain

All communication design needs to be at some level Bauhaus. Form follows function. Design which impedes communication is simply put, bad design. Your comment regarding eyes hurting may strike nearer the heart than you originally perceived. There is a small number of woefully besieged individuals, whom I unfortunately am one, who actually suffer from visual triggers for migraines- such as op art and neon colors. Freaky, I know, but actually true. A swirl of vertigo,nausea and flashing lights and halos followed by more of the same and min-splitting pain-not a pretty picture. Seeing this map (the original) on the computer screen I quickly reacted by covering the map and reading the text next to it...