HistoryShots releases new print entitled History of the Panama Canal.

Three HistoryShots prints are featured in Information Design Workbook: Graphic Approaches, Solutions, and Inspiration + 30 case studies by Kim Baer and Jill Vacarra.

From Amazon “Opening with a very brief history followed by an instructive breakdown of the discipline, readers will get an intimate understanding of the complexities of crafting information design to effectively improve communication both functionally and aesthetically. The back half of the book will contain a wide range of case studies from design firms around the world so designers can see the techniques previously outlined in the first half of the book.”

An interesting site dedicated to Sankey Diagrams posted a nice article on our History of Political Parties and our civil war graphics. I highly recommend visiting this site to learn more about sankey diagrams.

From wikipedia …“Sankey diagrams are a specific type of flow diagram, in which the width of the arrows is shown proportionally to the flow quantity. They are typically used to visualize energy or material transfers between processes.”

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Around the World:
http://koormann.de/files/country-codes-of-the-world.php

http://www.dejurka.ru/graphics/infographics-1/

http://bodzasfanta.freeblog.hu/

The Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music was recently mentioned in a few blogs including:

NOTCOT.org, a design community site that accepts examples of all facets of design. “NOTCOT.org was launched May 2006 to fill our need for a place to collect and share fascinating images/links.”

PagePlane.com Blog, “Innovative and interesting examples of graphic design, web design, illustration, typography, and marketing from designer Chuck Green”

Both sites are well worth a visit.

A number of people requested a large format print of the main graphic in our popular History of the Political Parties. Based on your feedback, we created a special limited edition print of the central graphic and we enlarged it by 50% providing you with a beautiful and unique image.

The Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston has been transformed by Dave Muller into exhibit tracing the history of rock ‘n’ roll with drawings and sound. The major component of the exhibit is a blown-up version of Reebee Garofalo’s music information graphic The Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music. Reebee, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, created the chart in 1977 for a book called Rock ‘N’ Roll is Here to Pay: The History and Politics of the Music Industry that he coauthored with Steve Chapple in 1977.

The exhibit runs throught mid-October.

History of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 1896 to 2008 charts the creation and evolution of one of the most important stock market indices in the world. Created by Wall Street Journal editor Charles Dow, the Dow contains the largest and most widely held public companies in the United States. In the foreground of the graphic, all 106 stocks that have been part of the Dow are graphed from the time they entered the index to the time they were dropped. In the background, the actual price of the Dow is shown allowing you to follow the great bull markets of the 1920s, 50s, 80s and 90s and the dreariness of the 1910s, 30s and 70s.

This chart was created by John Paul Koning. John Paul is a financial writer, researcher, graphic designer, trader, and artist.

Today we’re rolling out a number of greeting cards based on our award winning graphics.

Printed on fine art quality paper, each card is 6.3 x 4.5 inches when folded and comes with a bright, white envelope. You can choose any quantity and types of cards; feel free to mix and match.

HistoryShots releases new print entitled History of the Major Leagues.

“HistoryShots produces large-scale infographic posters that present beautiful data visualizations of historical concepts”
- Bili Buzz - Popular Science, Nature, Medicine, Archeology, Future