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A selection of classic essays are presented below.
Colossal Chronography Frances Harriet Lightfoot's 1831 marvel
Profiling California A new map in a classic Isotype style.
Standards for Graphic Presentation Seventeen ways to improve data viz from 1915.
"An Appeal to the Eye" William Playfair promotes his charts.
"Illustration Invades Everything" Reflections by Minard on his graphical impact.
Couture Cartography These hand-stitched maps will fill you with wonder.
Classic Map Color Design Inspiration from the Albums de Statistique Graphique.
Dissecting 'Anatomy of a Giant' Design interview with Fernando G. Baptista.
Florence Nightingale is a Design Hero May her light forever shine bright.
Making Neil and Buzz Designing an interactive scrolly.
Tear Up Your Baseline A design flourish for line charts.
Making Endangered Safari Inspiration and encoding behind-the-scenes.
Interacting With History 300 years of information graphic milestones.
Picturing the Great Migration In the style of Minard and in the spirit of Du Bois.
Data Viz in the Movies How information graphics benefit feature films.
Complex Curiosity How to renounce control and embrace the world.
Turning Data Into Cash Creating meaningful businesses.
Make a Book in 80 Weeks The numbers from pitch to publication.
Book Cover Design Attract, differentiate, and convey what's inside.
Writing is Hard Anxiety and gratitude for a challenging technology.
Essential Information Arts Books without data for the data professional.
Multiple Book Narratives Weaving text, marginalia, and illustrations.
Hand Drawing a Book Process and logic behind 300 illustrations.
Book Contents Galore Every good adventure story starts with a map.
Modern DataViz Classics Bertin, Tukey, Tufte, Holmes, & Cleveland.
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