Here’s a quick design tip on for combining photos with chart data from issue 42 of Before&After Magazine.
Charts are useful for showing trends and relationships, but ordinary rows, columns and lines are so forgettable. A photographic illustration behind, beside, or interacting with the data can enliven your data
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This article was last modified on January 3, 2026
This article was first published on February 7, 2025
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