The Secret Language of Maps
How to Tell Visual Stories with Data
$25.75
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2022
Summary
A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you understand how “maps” are part of everyday thinking, how they tell stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford University’s world-renowned d.school.
“This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.” -Jessica Hagy, blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (In Ten Simple Steps)
Maps aren’t just geographic; they are also infographic and include all types o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781984858009 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1984858009 |
| Author: | Carissa Carter, Stanford d.school |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale |
| Imprint: | Ten Speed Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 139mm x 184mm |
| Series: | Stanford d.school Library |
Critics Review
“This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.” –Jessica Hagy, Webby Award-winning blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (in Ten Simple Steps)
“This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.”—Jessica Hagy, Webby Award–winning blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (in Ten Simple Steps)
Carissa Carter
Carissa Carter is a designer, geoscientist, and Academic Director at the Stanford d.school. Carissa drives the d.school’s pedagogy and teaches courses on the intersection of data and design, design for climate change, maps, and the visual sorting of information. She helped lead the d.school’s seminal Stanford 2025 project on the future of higher education and pursues projects at the crossover between design, science, and emerging technology.
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