Understanding the World : The Atlas of Iconographics
Over 280 contemporary and vintage visualizations to help us understand our world—including seven fold-out spreads—spanning the present state and historical shaping of society, culture, technology, economics, and the environment, this is at once a showcase of outstanding data design work and a fascinating digest of where and how we live.
The author
Sandra Rendgen studied art history and cultural studies in Berlin and Amsterdam. Her work both as an editor and in developing concepts for media installations concentrates at the interface between image culture and technology, with a particular focus on data visualization, interactive media and the history of how information is conveyed. She is the author of TASCHEN’s Information Graphics and Understanding the World.
The editor
Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! and Record Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.