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The other day, my own hypocrisy slapped me in the face. I was looking at a quantum illustration. One for which I had just encouraged an artist to develop a dimensional and detailed representation of a particle, that—by the author’s own admission—may or may not exist.
On occasion, concept sketch submissions make me swoon. Most often, the happy-making sketch comes from a freelance illustrator that has been commissioned to flesh out a specific information graphic for us.
"Big Data"—large and often complicated data sets that thwart quick analysis—remained a key phrase at the World Infographics Summit last month.
As the art director of information graphics at Scientific American, I’m charged with developing explanatory art for some pretty mind-blowing topics.
For December, we are delighted to publish our annual special issue, "World Changing Ideas," about innovations that can make a better world.
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