USING INFOGRAPHICS TO EXPLAIN GLOBAL BUSINESS.

This new book by Thomas Ramge and Jan Schwochow visualizes the key components that make up our complicated international economy. It’s published by The Experiment. Buy it here: https://bit.ly/2Lf6o6o

Here are three of the 99 graphics in the book. Below, worldwide poverty levels. (Click on the images to see larger versions.)

Product pipeline: The complex process of manufacturing cars.

Multi-national production, and a banana.

Some more pages can be seen on Google Books: https://bit.ly/2KSxNrQ

Thomas Ramge writes for the Economist. Jan Schwochow’s company, Infographics Group, produces the all-information-graphic magazine, In Graphics. Two previous posts about it: 

https://wp.me/p7LiLW-1mX
https://wp.me/p7LiLW-1n1

Infographics Group: https://infographics.group

JOSHUA STEVENS VISUALIZES THE WORLD’S CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.

Joshua creates compelling and important visuals for NASA’s Earth Observatory, where he’s the lead for data visualization and cartographic quality. Satellites provide the data that drives an impressive range of informative visualizations. They often illuminate key issues that our precious planet faces. See many more examples at: http://www.joshuastevens.net/

Cloud cover (above)
A subject that used to be dear to my heart: the likelihood of clear skies over the U.K. and Ireland. (I’m from England.)
https://go.nasa.gov/2CynLKv

Landslides
Satellite data every thirty minutes gives new insights into long-term patterns. https://go.nasa.gov/2yYaibh

Hurricane effect
Wind speeds as Florence churned across the Atlantic. See the full animation here: https://go.nasa.gov/2T1MAUS4g

Early spring
Climate change is bringing an earlier end to winter. https://go.nasa.gov/2PegKFj

Aerosol earth
Our fragile atmosphere faces many challenges. https://go.nasa.gov/2MsyDQl

Cyclone menace
The path of Tropical Cyclone Gita, which hit Tonga with winds of up to 145 miles per hour (233 km).
https://go.nasa.gov/2JbEVPp

Shrinking glaciers
A dramatic decrease in the size of tropical glaciers. https://go.nasa.gov/2yWp6Yh

Joshua helps to run the subreddit, dataisbeautiful: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful

ANALOG WAYS TO SHOW THE PATTERNS IN EVERYDAY DATA.

Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec’s latest collaboration is Observe, Collect, Draw!: A Visual Journal. The book shows how anyone can have fun collecting personal data, and then use a simple non-software approach to display it. This is a natural development from the ”Dear Data” project described further on in this post.
Read more here: http://giorgialupi.com/observe-collect-draw/
Buy the book: https://amzn.to/2Op4C4S

Dear Data was a year-long analog exchange of ideas. Stefanie (London) and Giorgia (Brooklyn) mailed each other weekly data viz postcards. On the front was a hand-drawn visualization of an aspect of personal data. On the back was an explanation, and a key to understand the data. The project later became a book. Below, the covers from the U.S. and the U.K.

A few of the 104 postcards that crossed the Atlantic. Below, Week 26.

The cards from Week 50.

Read more here: http://www.dear-data.com/theproject/
Buy the book: https://amzn.to/2ynXmMx

VISUAL EXPLANATIONS FROM 5W INFOGRAPHICS.

The Velasco brothers (Juan, Samuel, Pedro and Martín) combine their talents to make clear and engaging infographics and data visualizations. Here’s some examples of their work. See more at: http://www.5wgraphics.com 
Their blog: https://5wvelascoblog.com 

Above, American Museum of Natural History. Below, Science & Vie magazine.

Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia. (The Emirates Nuclear Power Corporation.)

Reader’s Digest magazine.

Nature magazine. Click on the image for a larger version.

From a Scientific American book: The Zoomable Universe. https://bit.ly/2EfkySK

The New York Times.

Sukle Advertising & Design, for Esteem Hearing.

AARP The Magazine.

This space exploration timeline for National Geographic appeared in an earlier post about timelines: https://wp.me/s7LiLW-timeline
Click on the image for a larger version.
(By Sean McNaughton, Samuel Velasco (5W Infographics), Matthew Twombly, Jane Vessels and Amanda Hobbs.)

Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

UNICEF.

Juan and Samuel produced this superb book of cutaways for Gestalten: https://wp.me/p7LiLW-qF

Learning experience
Juan has led three excellent workshops for Ohio University students. I highly recommend the 5W professional workshops: http://www.5w-consulting.com