#visual data

[nemfrog]

The rapid change in how people got around in New York City, 1913-1916. Graphic presentation. 1939.

Prelinger Library via Internet Archive

[gaussmultimedia]

La Hauss. Máster Online Diseño Gráfico 2021-22. Infografía para publicación. Trabajo de María de los Ángeles Olías Archilla.

[exiles-and-empires]

“Hey Tal, you wanna play Jarf in a Star Wars campagin?”

“Bitch DO I!?”

[americaninfographic]

Getting Better

[mcad-library]

NEW ARRIVAL AT THE MCAD LIBRARY

THE BOOK OF CIRCLES: VISUALIZING SPHERES OF KNOWLEDGE by MANUEL LIMA

Do you enjoy sorting visual data? Does the circular categorization of weird, niche factoids hold a special place in your heart next to a well-buried pocket protector and a ball of lint? We’ve talked about our collection of info-vis books before - honestly, every time we get a new one I’m hard pressed not to write a new review. However, it’s seldom that we receive such fact-packed gems as Manuel Lima’s The Book of Circles.

A Portuguese-born designer, author, lecturer, and researcher, Lima was once described by his peers as “the man who turns data into art.” In his Book of Circles, we are taken on a similar visual journey to his earlier work, the Book of Trees. Each chapter is separated into type of visualization, resulting in a very eclectic sorting of pairs. You will find musical scores set next to chromosome charts, spiraling clay glyphs next to board games from the 1800s, and family trees of ancient Carribbean lizards next to a listing of beers by geographic provenance. This is the third addition of his work into the library system, the first two being The Book of Trees and Visual Complexity. If you’re interested in more mapping of complex networks, I’d recommend tuning in to Lima’s website: http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

[nemfrog]

"Participation of women in  FZU and FZU type training schools (1928-1932)." 1933. Soviet graphic.

Rumsey

[nemfrog]

Chart people. Composicion social. Ministry of Agriculture, Cuba. 1949.

Rumsey