Here’s a new transit diagram that I’ve been working on for a while now – a unified rail transit map for the place I live, Portland, Oregon. Portland is blessed with fantastic public transportation, but I’ve always felt that the official TriMet system diagram fails to fully show this, even after its recent redesign.
Edward Tufte: And I thought I hated PowerPoint…
Jun 22, ’11
9:57 PM
Today I had the absolute pleasure of attending Edward Tufte’s full-day course, Presenting Data and Information. For those who aren’t aware of Edward’s work, he is one of the foremost experts on data visualization in the world today. His books on the subject matter are amazing – beautifully illustrated and typeset and with concise, intelligent text that delves deep into the subject. If your work involves visualizing data in any way – graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, you name it – then I would definitely recommend any of his books on the subject matter and this course.
Plus ça change, Washington D.C. style
May 26, ’11
11:25 AM
Recently, I entered a friendly contest organised by the Greater Greater Washington website to redesign the Washington, DC Metrorail map. With the recent appointment of the original designer, Lance Wyman, to renew the real map, there’s a lot of interest in this subject at the moment.
E-Road Diagram and TGV Diagram – Posters Now Available
Apr 29, ’11
11:34 AM
These two diagrams, which I consider to be some of my best work, have never quite raised the same level of interest that my Interstate as Subway and Amtrak as Subway diagrams have. However, I have had a few queries requesting posters, so I have found a way to make them available to people who want them.
If you live in Europe, you can buy these prints from Artflakes. Click on the links below to go to the product page for each poster.
If you live in the US, visit Society6. Click on the links below to go to the product page for each poster.
If you live elsewhere, choose whichever of the two services gives you the best price. Bear in mind that this is single-print, on-demand printing, so the prices are a little higher than my other posters, where I can negotiate a better price for printing in bulk over a long period of time. Also, due to the small type and fine detail in these posters, I strongly recommend that you only purchase the larger sizes available.
Interstates as Subway Diagram: 2011 Version
Mar 23, ’11
10:29 AM
My original Eisenhower Interstate System in the Style of H.C. Beck’s London Underground Diagram is one of my most successful pieces of design, with almost 85,000 views on Flickr, countless posters sold, and inclusion in the excellent book Mapping America: Exploring the Continent (highly recommended for map geeks!).
Photo Prints For Sale at My Society6 Store!
Mar 23, ’11
9:07 AM
For a while now, I’ve wondered how to go about selling my photos. While we have a great Canon Pro 9000 printer at home, maintaining an Etsy store, making flawless prints and having to mail them out was too much hard work.
This is where Society6 comes in. You post your photos and set your price, and they produce the prints and mail them out. Perfect! So, if you’re looking for a nice photo or art print for your home or office, head on over and take a look. My Society6 store is here.
High Speed Train Routes of France Transit Diagram
Feb 3, ’11
8:45 PM
Presenting my next transit-styled diagram, this time showing all the high speed train routes that pass through France.
SOLD OUT: Washington, D.C. Metro Diagram Posters
Nov 30, ’10
11:44 AM
In February this year, I set myself the task of redesigning Washington, D.C.’s ubiquitous Metro Map (read my original blog post here). What began as a simple design exercise (mainly to see just how different I could make the diagram look) has grown into something much bigger: my design has appeared on DC blogs and newspapers and has generated a lot of public discussion. Many people have asked for posters, and – finally – here they are.
Now sold out.
New York Life’s “new” logo
Nov 14, ’10
3:22 PM
New York Life
LIFE Magazine
November 13, 1964
(click the image for a larger view)
I have an old stack of LIFE magazines in a big box at home, ranging from the 1930s all the way through to the early 1970s. As well as being amazing snapshots of the world at the time of publication, they also feature some fantastic old advertisements from America’s “golden age” of advertising.
One ad that particularly caught my eye was this one for the New York Life Insurance Company from November 1964, mainly because it introduces a new logo that is still being used by the company today, some 46 years later.
European E-Road System as a Subway Diagram
Oct 31, ’10
7:27 PM
Interstate System? Europe laughs at your petty Interstate System, America. In 1975, the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Economic Commission for Europe ratified a document outlining international traffic arteries through Europe and beyond. Commonly known as E-Roads, these highways criss-cross Europe in much the same way that the Interstate system does the United States, but with even more roads and even longer routes.
