The intent seems to be to portray the data as art. At that I think it succeeds. They are rather visually appealing. I think the goal is to draw the casual ob

The intent seems to be to portray the data as art. At that I think it succeeds. They are rather visually appealing. I think the goal is to draw the casual observer into the data and contemplate what they are seeing. Perhaps with the goal of conveying a message that might have been missed if they were "boring" graphs. These are the glossy box for the (perhaps) "boring" technical data inside, flip them over for the technical specs of what you are seeing.