
High speed rail link summary
A successful layman’s version of some of the engineering challenges faced by the high speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel. By choosing both appropriate language and visual style it is engaging and informative, but not daunting. This…

I don’t like pie charts
“Of all the graphs that play major roles in the lexicon of quantitative communication … the pie chart is by far the least effective. Its colourful voice is often heard, but rarely understood. It mumbles when it talks.” Stephen Few’s…

Mapping domain codes, or not
I wanted to love this graphic. It’s beautiful, bold and simple. But… …without reading the small print, write down what you’d immediately assume this graphic to be about*. The first two things that hit you are a world map and…

Malofiej 2007
Once again I was lucky enough to make it out to Pamplona for the annual, infographic, international Malofiej conference. Once again it was inspiring. I reviewed it for Eye magazine which you can read here. Links to the work mentioned…

Piccadilly line tube map
For all that the tube map is fantastic it can deceive when it comes to street level geography, something this poster sets right for the Piccadilly Line in central London.