Paul KahninNightingaleDrawing Cultural Position: Transmission of Power Among Ancestors and DescendantsPart 11 in a series on global information design explores the forms and themes of lineage diagramsNov 27, 20201Nov 27, 20201
Paul KahninThe Visual AgencyThe Boston View — Visualizing Complex Data: COVID-19 & MoreIn an online talk for the Design Museum, Paolo Ciuccarelli and I spoke about how the rhetoric, aesthetics and techniques of data…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Paul KahninNightingaleTouching MinardAn examination of the original diagrams by Charles-Joseph Minard, and related materials by Léon Lalanne and Émile Cheysson in the ENPC…Jun 1, 20202Jun 1, 20202
Paul KahninNightingaleOver and Under the City, vacillating between the simple and the familiarPart 10 in a series on global information design, the fourth of four on Transportation DiagramsMar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020
Paul KahninNightingaleReaching Invisible Destinations: Information Design for Sea and Air TransportationPart 9 in a series on global information design continuing examples of Transportation DiagramsJan 31, 2020Jan 31, 2020
Paul KahninNightingaleOn the Road, from the Postal Web to Lincoln HighwayPart 8 in a series on global information design continuing the history of road transportation diagramsDec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
Paul KahninNightingaleVisualizing Overland, When All Roads Led to RomePart 7 in a series on global information design explores transportation and road mapsDec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019
Paul KahninNightingaleCity Maps: Ways to View the PolisPart 6 in a series on global information design explores historical maps that represent the ways we view the cityNov 27, 20191Nov 27, 20191
Paul KahninNightingaleKingdom Maps: Drawing the Boundary Between Us and ThemPart 5 in a series on global information design explores historical maps that superimpose political influence onto physical spaceNov 11, 2019Nov 11, 2019
Paul KahninNightingaleMaps = Eyes + Imagination, Envisioning the Known WorldPart 4 in a series exploring global information design looks back at some of the earliest maps of the worldOct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2019