Information Design - History

History

Information design is associated with the age of technology but it does have historical roots. Early instances of modern information design include these effective examples:

  • John Snow's spot maps, which pinpointed the source of a deadly cholera outbreak in 1850s London
  • Charles Joseph Minard's 1861 diagram depicting Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812
  • Otto Neurath's International Picture Language of the 1930s
  • Florence Nightingale's information graphic depicting army mortality rates

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