Archive - Chartography

"An Appeal to the Eye"

William Playfair's 1801 chart offensive.

Aug 5 •

July 2025

"My Maps Speak"

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

Jul 29 •

"Illustration Invades Everything"

Minard on his useful idea, part 1.

Jul 22 •

"A Saner and Richer Civilization"

Karl G. Karsten's 1923 prophetic hopes.

Jul 15 •

"The Eyes of History"

DuBourg hijacks the tools of cartography to visualize time.

Jul 8 •

"Completely New Perspectives—More Eloquent and Richer than All Others"

Physicist Felix Auerbach's 1914 introduction to graphic representation.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

May 2025

When Fascists Chart

1940s Nazi information-graphic propaganda from Signal magazine.

May 27 •

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Attila Bátorfy

Neil Halloran's new film about scientific-humanitarian triumph.

May 22 •

Data Micrography

Curvy labels and other concrete text for charts.

May 16 •

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