October 2019, Nightingale

Month: October 2019

Paul Kahn

Global Information Design, Part 4: Maps = Eyes + Imagination, Envisioning the Known World

A map is a diagram of a place. It shows us the physical relationships among the details. A map locates things we can touch and..

Neil Richards

Encode 2019: Our Round-up of Round-ups

Last month, the inaugural Encode conference took place in London. The conference focused on the pillars of design, education, and journalism within data visualisation. A..

Michael Yi

How to Choose Colors for Your Data Visualizations

Color is a major factor in creating effective charts. A good set of colors will highlight the story you want the data to tell, while..

Paul Kahn

From Creation to Migration, Part 3: Cosmology in the Small

We find Cosmology in the large among sacred and political monuments. Information about our origins and our place in the universe is also encoded in..

Jason Forrest

‘Treatise’: A Visual Symphony Of Information Design

Why Cornelius Cardew’s legendary 193-page graphic score might not actually be about musicLike many fine art movements, the world of avant-garde music takes both an appreciation..

Paul Kahn

Diving into Global Information Design, Part 2: Cosmology in the Large

Nine Themes for Frame Four Classification is an intellectual act, performed as often in the name of theology as in the name of science. The..