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Emma Willard’s “Picture of Nations,” 1836

Emma Willard was a pioneer in women’s education: a powerful force of reform on many fronts. She believed that, if given the opportunity, women could surpass their male counterparts in the fields of math, philosophy, history, and science. But traditional finishing schools for women refused to teach these subjects. So, Willard founded her own women’s school, designing the curriculum herself. In the process, she developed new ideas for using data visualization as a learning aid; explaining concepts in history, geography, and politics with large, ornate illustrations. 

RT: Five of the Most Important Infographics of the 19th Century

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If women dominate higher education, why does a gender gap in workforce pay still exist? A short but smart discussion of why.

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Interactive graphic that shows the mathematical relationships between numbers in a line. Shows which numbers can be divided.

The Social Impact of Olympic Brand Campaigns

This infographic by Pappas Group really puts that idea into perspective. It compares the size of social media in 2008 with 2012, using Olympic events like weight lifting and pole vault to scale just how much this sector has grown.

“When we began to visualize the impact of the Summer Games on branded social media, each category we were looking at took on its own event-like stature. So the idea of using a traditional isometric style to create an Olympic arena of sorts seemed like a natural fit,” explains Art Director Spencer Slemenda. “We started thinking of different events and how they would affect the chart data. The integration of the cut-out athletes came quite easily from that.”

Adam Robertson

Adam Robertson, a textile and graphic designer from Norwich, makes works using systems that express data as patterns. With a background in design, the focus of his works carry a practical edge to go with the theory. Recently, he invented a new way to interpret time. “I have designed and made an application that express time as series of coloured concentric circles. With this piece, I wanted to create something that was visually exciting and constantly changing pattern, while still being an useable clock.” To check out his TimeVisual Clock for android, click here. To see more of Robertson’s design work, click here. 

- Lee Jones

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Gastric Subway by Steven McGaughey.

In the past, I have made no secret of my interest of the world of transportation. Steven, a medical student who has a passion for both medicine and design, produced this conceptualized diagram of the gastric area, the tissues, and vessels.

For more works by this exceptional student, you can check out some of his illustrations on his blog or website.

What makes a coffee?

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Sentiment Analysis of the Bible (arranged chronologically)

Things start off well with creation, turn negative with Job and the patriarchs, improve again with Moses, dip with the period of the judges, recover with David, and have a mixed record (especially negative when Samaria is around) during the monarchy. The exilic period isn’t as negative as you might expect, nor the return period as positive. In the New Testament, things start off fine with Jesus, then quickly turn negative as opposition to his message grows. The story of the early church, especially in the epistles, is largely positive.

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RATIO: The simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking

This handmade diagram represents a chapter from The Origin of Species by Darwin. See the detailed explanation on the autor’s website, Stefanie Posavec.

Infographics about bees for IL- Intelligence in lifetime by Francesco Franchi.

Francesco Franchi is an italian graphic designer (also journalist since 2010) and working as art director for IL- Intelligence in lifetime monthly magasine.

Infographics about video games for Trois Couleurs magazine by Almasty.

Almasty is a french studio created in 2010 by Anna Apter and Charles Bataillie. There are curently working as art director for the magazine Usbek & Rica.

The 892 unique ways to partition a 3 x 4 grid. 

Designed by Thomas Gaskin. Creative direction by Hugh Dubberly. Algorithms by Patrick Kessler. Patent belongs to William Drenttel + Jessica Helfand.

This poster illustrates a change in design practice. Computation-based design—that is, the use of algorithms to compute options—is becoming more practical and more common. Design tools are becoming more computation-based; designers are working more closely with programmers; and designers are taking up programming.

“Student Exchange by the Numbers” by Shannon Craver.

Monocle travel guide about Spain by Hey.