In the visual syntax of infographics and maps, bigger equals… well, bigger. Large dots on a map or bars in a chart correspond to a proportionally large quantity of stuff being visualized–like, for ...

We tend to think of the shows we see on television as all taking place in their separate little universes, and for good reason. There is nothing more absurd than to think of Homer Simpson going over ...

Near the end of 1861, with the American Union crumbling, President Abraham Lincoln became obsessed with an unusual document. Nearly three feet in length, it appeared at first to be a map of the ...