Chartography

Curiosity, Craft, and Clarity

My top 5 essays of 2025 (plus a few studio notes).

Dec 18, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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The Living Planet at Arm’s Reach

How we made Earth Biomes, a world map for kids.

Dec 9, 2025 • RJ Andrews and Robert Simmon

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Hang Some Wonder on the Wall

MAPS FOR KIDS posters, deep discounts on classics, and free U.S. shipping on everything.

Dec 1, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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November 2025

Maps For Kids is here!

Three new wall maps for curious kids (and kids at heart).

Nov 25, 2025

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Charts Follow Chaos

How information design rescued the railway from fiery catastrophe.

Nov 12, 2025

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October 2025

Beyond Superficial Histories

An interview by Attila Bátorfy.

Oct 28, 2025 • RJ Andrews and Attila Bátorfy

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Human-Centered Workflow for Hundreds of Icons

A handmade system for colorful Isotype-style pictographs.

Oct 16, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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Color Engineering

The tool that snaps mercurial design into mechanical focus.

Oct 2, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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September 2025

Clarity Unbound

Restoring Radiance to Information Design

Sep 17, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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"Factual Phenomena"

Georg von Mayr's 1877 statistical lines, rectangles, circles, and triangles.

Sep 3, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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August 2025

"An Appeal to the Eye"

William Playfair's 1801 chart offensive.

Aug 5, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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July 2025

"My Maps Speak"

Minard's reflections on his useful idea, part 2.

Jul 29, 2025 • RJ Andrews

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