Chart Junk

I found an interesting article, Chart Junk vs. Eye Candy: What's the Difference? The article makes the argument that chart junk is just a badly designed graph while eye candy is a graph that can be considered a work of art.

http://flowingdata.com/2009/09/25/chart-junk-vs-eye-candy-whats-the-difference/

The article provides a link to GOOD magazine to give examples of what "eye candy" would look like. From this example I have to agree with the author that graphs can be highly designed and still provide information to the audience. The examples shown are effective since they interpellate the reader but still display the information in a way makes sense.

The author of the article asks for the reader's opinion as to whether they agree with the fact that there is a difference between chart junk and eye candy. My response is that I agree a graph can be highly designed and still be effective. My definition of chart junk would be that a graph is so overly designed that the information becomes misleading.