"The Infographic History of the World" is a U.K. book that uses some artfully arrayed data to chronicle our collective past--everything from Roman armies to top-selling albums. The book’s editor, Craig Adams, sheds some light on how the project came about.
Infographics exist at the intersection of data, design, and storytelling. Mostly, though, they’re used in small doses to illustrate disparate concepts; much more rarely are they grouped in themes to serve a larger narrative. However, it’s exactly this imbalance that The Infographic History of the World is poised to start tipping.
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