Attended a great seminar on infographics by Alberto Cairo. Alberto was formerly from elmundo.es, the world’s top Spanish news site, where he won too many international infographics awards.
Quote from my email to him:
Besides learning about infographics, the session has widened
my perspective on design.
Indeed it did. I’m never going to look at toilet signs and MRT maps the same way ever again.
We also had a good discussion the next day on very diverse topics, including design, storytelling, culture, language, semiotics, journalism, blogging, and politics. Cool guy.
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Stuff to check out…
Books
Wordless Diagrams by Nigel Holmes
Designer’s Guide to Creating Charts and Diagrams by Nigel Holmes
Graphic Design by Richard Hollis
Design for Impact by Eric Ericson, Johan Pihl, Der Kern
Sites
John Grimwade Information Graphics
Nigel Holmes - Explanation Graphics
Squeezing the tube: How did a map (that wasn’t a map) reshape London?
Charles Joseph Minard’s Napoleon’s March
