RJ Andrews

Almost anything can be treated as a map. Projections, charts, and diagrams are all ways of flattening the world so we can understand. But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...

It’s interesting that early #dataviz, like early arcade & video games, had not yet settled on standardized encoding (control) schemes. This is my favorite graphic in the post.

Lovely pie-chart cover just arrived from Japan! 統計グラフの画き方, How to Draw Statistical Graphs (1936, this is the 1939 ed.). See inside dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1281321

Lovely transitions. Go vote!

After long delays with start of semester, first steps, at last on new page, new chapter... #Nostos #Unflattening 2

very cool time-machine slider

Grrrrrrr.

“It might have been easier to learn to draw.”

The Baltic Sea from a different angle. Perspective matters. This looks vastly different and more involved than a standard map of Europe. Source: buff.ly/PvqiVck

beautiful handmade bump chart, early 1940s. Details in alt text and here: www.1stdibs.com/art/drawings...

SPECIAL FORMS OF LIMITED VALUE 😂 Principles of Charting by Walter Weld (1939)

Pretty spine though

@BrewsterKahle@mastodon.archive.org of the Internet Archive makes the case for web preservation in The Atlantic. 🌐 Kahle explains why blocking the Wayback Machine won’t stop AI. It will only make the public record harder to preserve. Read it 👉 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

A series of maps on the Russian meat trade in 1913. Read the article here attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/the-russia...

geologic map of region around Great Smoky Mountains National Park with six geologic cross-sections (1895) www.loc.gov/item/9944617...

AI Slop Design School… (Did I spend hours meticulously recreating a horrible poster just to take the piss out of it? Hell yeah I did)

One-time payments to families of soldiers killed in service as measured in years of average wage: Ukraine 46x India 15.5x Estonia 12.5x Russia 11.6x USA 1.1x Source: buff.ly/RHMBmvz

archive.org/details/lyus... cc: @nsousanis.bsky.social

A really good point made with a great mix of charts including some beautiful significant historical examples.

Someone gave me $1,000 to build them a data-graphics library and they now have the second-best collection in San Francisco.

That feeling when you know you just had a great idea but you’re going to give a couple years of your life to it.

Things... On Maps? The Ortelius exhibition @newberrylibrary will include this de Wit (Novacco 4F 36 (PrCt)). We'll probably not be able to show what's on the back, though... maybe on the label? 🤔🌹 Zoom in here! collections.newberry.org/asset-manage...

I interviewed the creator behind that mashup about how that happened! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/how-one-guy-...

“A logistics guy summarized it beautifully for the WSJ – ‘chaos increases prices.’”

This chart in this morning's NYT is awfully misleading. Suggested edits in red to avoid any confusion.

Funnel chart vs. Sankey chart (with apologies to Elijah Meeks)

Owning vs renting. The advantages of owning aren’t as big as you might think. US data.

This is my SF Fleet Week photo. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

respect the craft

1939 dust jacket! Principles of Charting by Walter E. Weld.

Fun locator map in Montparnasse station, Paris. Turn the whole thing and the map spins to be oriented toward the way you’re facing.

Even bigger announcement: Skeleton has won Best Paper (top 1%) at IEEE VIS this year!! 🎉 VIS is my home community and I am deeply indebted to many of the people in it. I take a little time to pontificate on what "best paper" means to me (or rather, what I think it should really be about):

Child mortality has declined in all world regions. In 1950, almost one in four children worldwide died before their fifth birthday. In Africa, one in three children died. The chart shows the change since then. In every region, the mortality rate of children has declined.

With both Lake Powell and Lake Mead at record-lows, here’s a look at how their water levels have varied since Powell was filled in 1980. Neither has recovered from a severe drought in the early 2020s, while Colorado River flows continue to drop. #dataviz #climate #globalwarming

Do you know where PIER 39’s historic sea lion counts live? I’m building a visualization of San Francisco’s seasonal rhythms for Chartography and looking for dated K-Dock counts. cc: @heatherknightsf.bsky.social & @burritojustice.bsky.social

Finland gets the “ways to divide a country” treatment.

Snuck a short history of floating bar charts into this blogpost. I did not know that McKinsey is responsible for "waterfall" charts before writing this! Thank you @jasonforrest.bsky.social for the tips. dbtcharts.com/blog/you-ask...

ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/5

Abolition Teapot by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, c. 1760 www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/s...