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What we know about the world is increasingly shaped by infographics \u2014 from the blue state\u2013red state divide to an analysis of history\u2019s best basketball players and a gorgeous portrait of New York City\u2019s Twitter traffic. To launch the debut of a new annual series, The Best American Infographics, editor Gareth Cook explains why this medium is experiencing a golden age and uncovers its deep roots in art, cartography, and the brain\u2019s natural visual intelligence. Several top designers involved in the project \u2014 Nicholas Felton, John Grimwade, Nigel Holmes, Fernanda Vi\u00e9gas and Martin Wattenberg \u2014 will engage the audience in discussions of some of the works being considered for next year\u2019s volume.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen infographics work\u2026they take you somewhere no other medium can go; they allow and facilitate intuitive insights; and they reveal the hidden patterns buried in mountains of data.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 David Byrne, from the Introduction to The Best American Infographics 2013<\/p>\n

The program will be followed by a book signing and public reception with many of the winning artists.<\/p>\n

About the Speaker
Gareth Cook is the series editor of The Best American Infographics. He is a Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning journalist, a regular contributor to NewYorker.com, and the editor of Mind Matters, Scientific American\u2019s neuroscience blog.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What we know about the world is increasingly shaped by infographics \u2014 from the blue state\u2013red state divide to an analysis of history\u2019s best basketball players and a gorgeous portrait of New York City\u2019s Twitter traffic. To launch the debut of a new annual series, The Best American Infographics, editor Gareth Cook explains why this … Read moreIgnorance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,34,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-visualization","category-new-york","category-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1631,"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/1631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designing.rutgers.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}