Feltron. Mapping Neighborhoods in Boston, San Francisco and New York. Hand-drawn animation of 43 years of the Sun’s weather. (via kottke) William Stone Branching Drawings (identified by wowgreat) Geometric choropleths 1895 vs 1978. MIXUSSTUDIO. Eelco Brand. Vivien Le Jeune Durhin. Machinarium. Information Design Studio. The World as Flatland – Report 1 Designing universal knowledge by Gerlinde Schuller Lars Müller Publishers, 2009 17 x 24 cm, 304 pages, English Hardcover, with a large amount of images ISBN 978-3-03778-149-4 Available at bookstores worldwide Order the book at Amazon Order the book at Lars Müller Publishers Presskit Knowledge is power. If one possesses a collection of the ‘universal knowledge’ of the world, one has ultimate power. Establishing comprehensive, global collections of knowledge already fascinated mankind thousands of years ago.
Who is collecting the world’s knowledge? These questions formed the starting point of the research, which resulted in a report exploring the meaning of ‘universal knowledge’ as well as the process of collecting, structuring, designing, and publishing it. The systematic and professional collection of knowledge has always been influenced by economic and political interests and presented as a social and society-changing act. Accuracy&Aesthetics.