A selection of W.E.B. Du Bois's excellent data visualizations are on display at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in NYC until May 29. Man, I want to see these! kottke.org/23/04/exhibition-of…
Exhibition of W.E.B. Du Bois’s Infographics at Cooper Hewitt in NYC
I've written before about the data visualizations created by W.E.B. Du Bois for the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. Apparently a seleckottke.org
Sameera
in reply to kottke.org • • •W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visionary Infographics Come Together for the First Time in Full Color
Jackie Mansky (Smithsonian Magazine)ThomasAPowell
in reply to kottke.org • • •If interested in data viz one should absolutely go see it. I went a few weeks ago and thought it was quite a nice exhibit. You absolutely get a keen sense of the effort required to gather the data and execute these charts.
There is also a nice exhibit on the top floor about design in regard to community space esp in conflict regions. Another reason to go to Cooper Hewitt.
p.s. The book is great, I own it, but the exhibit is even better!
Peter Pappas
in reply to kottke.org • • •Agreed. And here’s a great map from Minard, the pioneer of the infographic "Trace the Waves of Cheap Labor" (the one Tufte didn't pick)
forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/… #infographic #dataviz
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Trace the Waves of Cheap Labor (1858)
Peter Pappas (The Forgotten Files)Jason R. Heimbaugh
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