"A finite view of infinity"

(1) In every part equidistant from the center, solid or hollow. (2) Inspiring.

This week: a short gallery of inspiring spheres. But first!—a final tease for INFO WE TRUST before we go live next week.

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Early next week I will Kickstart the remastered edition of Info We Trust, my comprehensive guide to communicating knowledge.

A reviewer recently quipped that this is “RJ’s version” (a la Taylor Swift’s Taylor’s Version). They were not wrong. I can't wait for you to experience Info We Trust in the manner I originally envisioned. Please follow the campaign to be notified the moment it goes live . . .

. . . and expect a healthy amount of behind-the-scenes details and other goodies via this newsletter during the campaign. Thank you for your enthusiasm!

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Inspiring globes

Notes follow each image.

“You may if you please, call a partial View of Immensity, or without much Impropriety perhaps, a finite View of Infinity”.—Thomas Wright, An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750) Internet Archive

Rhe cover of Globes (2017), adorned by Alberto Palacio’s design honoring Columbus, never constructed, for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Don’t miss the north pole Santa Maria.

c.1930 Denoyer-Geppert Co. 20” Military Aviation Globe.

One of many porcelain maps by Loraine Rutt for current “Mapping Earth” exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society. Details

Double volume covers of Från pol till pol (From pole to pole) by Sven Hedin (1911).

#31 from Patricia Klein’s “Space Artifacts”—an ongoing visual research of space-related shapes, structures and patterns. More.

Detail of “Total eclipse from the sun” (1893). Internet Archive

“The Seeker” by Refael Idan Suissa. Instagram

“Our Earth is peppered with some 20,000 tons of stardust a year.“ (1947) via nemfrog.

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Thank you for following the INFO WE TRUST campaign to be notified the moment it goes live.

I’m so excited for you to see everything we’ve been preparing for you.

Onward!—RJ

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About

Data storyteller RJ Andrews helps organizations solve high-stakes problems by using visual metaphors and information graphics: charts, diagrams, and maps. His passion is studying the history of information graphics to discover design insights. See more at infoWeTrust.com.

RJ’s recently published series, Information Graphic Visionaries, a new book series celebrating three spectacular data visualization creators. With new writing, complete visual catalogs, and discoveries never seen by the public. His first book is Info We Trust, How to Inspire the World with Data, is currently being remastered for a new edition.