Visual Communication: Inspiration
This guide provides links to resources and tools for creating visual materials to communicate a message and present information/data visually.
Suggested Viewings
Information is Beautiful: Ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized!
Cornell University Collection of Presidential Americana
Visual Complexity: "A unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks."
Guides for Related Topics
Suggested Readings
These are just a few books that communicate their message primarily through images.
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Unflattening
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The primacy of words over images has deep roots in Western culture. But what if the two are inextricably linked, equal partners in meaning-making? Written and drawn entirely as comics, Unflattening is an experiment in visual thinking. Nick Sousanis defies conventional forms of scholarly discourse to offer readers both a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. -
The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia
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Marriott Library, Level 2, General Collection: AG243 .M33 2009
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Marriott Library, Level 2, Fine Arts Library Collection: AG243 .M33 2009 -
102 Hours: An Iconographic Storytelling of the Boston Marathon Bombing
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Marriott Library, Level 2, Fine Arts Library Collection: N8251.T38 O6 2014 -
Picture This: How Pictures Work
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Marriott Library, Level 1, General Collection: NC960.B29 2000
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Marriott Library, Level 1, General Collection: NK1510.B258 1991 -
Oxide, by Craig Hickman
Marriott Library, Level 2, Fine Arts Library Collection: TR647.H525 2014 -
Wordless Diagrams
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Marriott Library, Level 1, General Collection: NC999.4.H64 A4 2005
