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tube facts & figures
the fact that what we today call data visualisation is not new, is in itself also not new… but this collection of infographics, from as early as the 1920’s on the london underground, are worth a look
hot banana, bluemerang
thanks to my buddy erik gelderblom for pointing this wonderful term out to me, ever heard of the blue banana? no me neither…
post-apartheid
…the final design also used a particular orangey shade of red known as chilli red, which is mid-way between the colours of the British and Dutch colonial-era flags but at the same time reminiscent of South Africa’s coral trees, Brownell says, and the flat hats worn by married Zulu women…
the man who designed south africa’s multi-coloured flag fred brownell tells how it happened; the flag was the inspiration behind our banners for the mandela celebrations in amsterdam late last year…
