Tag: maps
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Turning Data Into Diagrams, An Exhibition
Today I visited the “Beautiful Science: Picturing Data, Inspiring Insight” exhibition at the British Library. The small exhibition explores how scientific information from different areas, including health, weather forecast and human evolution, has been visualised throughout the years. It also “explores how our understanding of ourselves and our planet has evolved alongside our ability to…
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d(a)b workshop: london
London, Saturday 17th of October. At the research office of the London College of Communication took place the second and last diagram(a)s-backstage workshop. Once again, I would like to thank all the participants for attending the workshop (and even more on a Saturday with so many public transport closures!). As in the first workshop, participants…
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The Thames is gone!?
I am sure most of you have noticed that there is something missing in the London underground map (September 09 edition) or at least that there is something different in it. If not, please take some minutes and look at it below: Well, yes, the Thames -the entire river!- has been removed from the tube…
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Information Design & Diagrammatic Language course (Spain)
From the 1st of March to the 21st of June 2010, I will be given a course about Information Design and Diagrammatic Language at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, Spain. The classes will be in Spanish, but most of the biliography and references are in English. Detail program and more information about the course on:…
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Why diagrammatic maps?
Lets start with the definition of some key terms. Map: the dictionary defines a map as a representation, usually on a flat surface, of the features of an area of the earth, showing it in its respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation. However, on a closer inspection of the history…
Sheila Pontis 