By Alex Jackson on 20 Feb 2014
From an early visual representation of a hierarchically ordered universe in Robert Fludd’s ‘Great Chain of Being’ (1617) to a contemporary moving infographic of ocean currents from NASA, a free new exhibition in London shows how visualising data has changed the way we see, interpret and understand the world around us. Read more
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By Alex Jackson on 14 Feb 2014
In week five of the new Of Schemes and Memes blog series, which features weekly interviews with the art team at Nature, Art Director Kelly Krause explains the decisions behind this week’s front cover image on Atomtronics. Read more
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By Alex Jackson on 07 Feb 2014
In week four of the new Of Schemes and Memes blog series, which features weekly interviews with the art team at Nature, Art Director Kelly Krause explains the decisions behind this week’s front cover image on drought and the Amazonian forest. Read more
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By Alex Jackson on 31 Jan 2014
In week three of the new Of Schemes and Memes blog series, which features weekly interviews with the art team at Nature, Art Director Kelly Krause explains the decisions behind this week’s front cover illustration on Crystallography. Read more
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By Alex Jackson on 23 Jan 2014
In week two of the new Of Schemes and Memes blog series, which features weekly interviews with the art team at Nature, Art Director Kelly Krause explains the decisions behind this week’s front cover graphic. Read more
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By Alex Jackson on 20 Jan 2014
“We find ourselves in the era of big data, a time when information moves faster than ever, and infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of insight and knowledge. They are a mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world”, says Gareth Cook, Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and series editor of the Best American Infographics. Read more
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By Alex Jackson on 16 Jan 2014
Have you ever picked up a magazine and wondered what the inspiration behind the front cover has been? In this new weekly blog series on Of Schemes and Memes, the art team at Nature will explain the decisions made in selecting their iconic front cover images and graphics. Read more
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