🚨Internship opportunity!🚨 Now accepting applications for Scientific American summer/fall graphics internship: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... Apply by March 26. Please feel free to share, especially within the 📊 dataviz community.
I’m really hoping I can make it happen.
Ack! The problem with tagging lots of people is that I’ll inevitably leave someone out. Hat tip to @pinakographos.bsky.social for a map for this article on public lands www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... (And I can’t wait for you to see the *epic* map series they’re working on now!)
And of course, thanks to photo editor @morglaur.bsky.social; regular column contributors Jay Bendt, Masha Foya, Shideh Ghandeharizadeh and Thomas Fuchs; and my news graphics colleague @unamandita.bsky.social ! See the full issue here, and on newsstands now! www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...
Former Scientific American graphics intern @luyieve.bsky.social pitched and executed a super Graphic Science column on how your daily steps may depend on your zip code more than your willpower. www.scientificamerican.com/article/movi... 📊
It's *always* a pleasure collaborating with Violet Frances. She brought her ever-present mix of curiousity and craft to graphics for an article on relativity and the bizarre Terrell-Penrose effect. www.scientificamerican.com/article/stra...
Also, Klaus Kremmerz brought the perfect tone and spirit to a feature article on polyamory.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/poly...
…Tavis Coburn for his spectacular work on the cover and interior art for a special report on living with AI, and Anje Jager for her delightful portraits in that section.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/report/life-...
Photo of an issue of Scientific American on a wood surface flanked by a plant. The cover illustration is a woman in an urban scene surrounded by AI-enabled tech. Coverline is “Life in the Age of AI.”
Happy March issue launch day! My wild ride as acting design chief at @sciam.bsky.social continues. 🧪 #Sciart // Many thanks to the fabulous artists who make it all possible, including....
Exhibit intro text on a wall: “Invisible, Novel, and Complex”
Science cover featuring a genome dataviz
View along a gallery wall featuring a series of scientist portraits
View along a gallery wall featuring a series of science graphics.
If you’re in DC, stop by the AAAS building for a really neat exhibit that showcases a decade of visuals in Science magazine 🤩 www.aaas.org/programs/art...
Kudos to Beth Rakouskas and the Science Visuals team! 🧪#SciArt 📊
Should be able to now!
Attention visual journalists: I’m always open to pitches for @sciam.bsky.social’s Graphic Science column. The column tells concise stories on topics in science via graphics (dataviz, illustrated diagrams, comic-style explainers, etc). It appears in both print & online. DM me for a pitch guide.
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
Kudos to @kimay.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social @jeff-tollefson.bsky.social and @dangaristo.bsky.social for this illuminating article.
No time to exhale. The March issue is off to the printer as I type, and it’s time to cast an eye to the next one! Many thanks to the fabulous artists who are going on the ride with me.
… photographer Ty Stange (managed by photo editor @morglaur.bsky.social – who did super work across the whole issue), and regular column contributors Jay Bendt, Masha Foya, Shideh Ghandeharizadeh and Thomas Fuchs.
…also @howlhawk.bsky.social (whose character design skills resulted in a series of the *bestest* dog portraits), @miriamquick.bsky.social, Matthew Twombly, Brown Bird Design, @ohmgee.bsky.social, news graphics editor @unamandita.bsky.social …
The Feb issue of @sciam.bsky.social is now available www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202... I’m so happy with the #sciart images by Julia Schimautz of DTAN studio (I mean LOOK at those brains on the cover!), @alexboersma-art.bsky.social, Federico Tramonte (w/tag-team art direction by Ryan Reid)
It’s been a wild ride at work. I’ve been stretching my page design & editorial illustration art direction muscles during an interval of expanded duties as acting design chief (in addition to my feature graphics editing responsibilities).
Mathematical! Those Penrose Triangles were inspired by a talk from Robert Ghrist titled “Illuminating Impossible Objects.” Here’s related information: arxiv.org/html/2507.01...
Blackboard with equations and drawings of mathematical concepts—including Penrose Triangles. The ledge under the board holds chalk and an abandoned coffee cup.
Eyes and brain awash with imagery related to math, here at Rigorous Illustrations—Their creation and evaluation for mathematical research (a workshop hosted by the Institut Henri Poincaré). The blackboard in the break room does not disappoint. indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/13124/
Billboard-style painting with title LA ON THE MOVE. In the background, an art deco ceiling and chandelier is visible.
Bold and colorful display with red-tailed hawk paintings and factoids
Detail of a map made of satellite images. Several different animal icons dot the surface. A finger points to a mountain lion icon near Vernon.
Overheard while perusing LA ON THE MOVE exhibit by @datavandals.bsky.social at Union Station today: “p22 is on here!” “Our home is on this map.” “Did I tell you about the time a hawk swooped me?” “What? No baby opossums?” Lovely hearing and seeing people engage with data in a public space. 📊 #SciArt
Rediscovered @unamandita.bsky.social ‘s delightful 2016 article “Everyone’s a Little Bit ‘Shapist’”—featuring a project by Nicky Case—while prepping for a math graphics talk. So good. Great to have an excuse to read it again. www.scientificamerican.com/blog/sa-visu... 📊 #sciart 🧪
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
What an unexpected treat! I bumped into the one and only @nigelblue.bsky.social in the lobby at Informa in NYC today. We’re both filming videos related to our CRC books on information graphics. Nigel always brings a smile to my face.
The moon is gorgeous right now from where I can see it. I recommend looking for it if you have clear skies.
Yes! Cave-in-Rock mining district Hardin County, Illinois.
Glowing mineral in cube form with vibrant orange, purple and red coloration.
Ethereal soft geometric painting with orange, purple and red fields.
Such a satisfying museum day today. Lots of art/natural world parallels. Left: Fluorite with sphalerite (Peabody museum); Right: Untitled oil painting by Mark Rothko, 1954 (Yale Art Gallery).
The @infoplusconf.bsky.social presentation by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and Tanvi Sharma also prompted me to think more deeply about this: How (if at all) do you attempt to humanize with data if the story isn’t yours to tell? 📊
Appreciate the conversations around the politics of aesthetics prompted by a presentation here at @infoplusconf.bsky.social by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and Tanvi Sharma. Some questions revolved around the idea of a disconnect between striving for a pleasing dataviz about a horrific topic. 📊
