Mind, Maps and Infographics: Moleskine Book Explores Graphic Design's Role in Mapping Reality

Moleskine Books has published 'Mind, Maps and Infographics,' a volume curated by Pietro Corraini as part of its graphic design series. The book examines how maps and infographics have been used throughout history to organize, understand, and shape reality, from 16th-century explorations to contemporary data visualization. It features historical examples such as French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet's 17th-century dance notation system and English astronomer Thomas Harriot's lunar surface maps, alongside modern works like Luigi Ferrauto's maps for Expo 2015. The book also highlights artistic infographics, including Paula Scher's multilingual street mural for Queens Metropolitan High School, Nathalie Miebach's three-dimensional data sculptures based on weather observations in Omaha, Nebraska, and Nicholas Felton's annual visual reports tracking personal activities. A notable project is 'Dear Data,' a year-long correspondence between designers Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, who exchanged hand-drawn postcards from London to New York using invented graphic systems. The volume also covers pop-inflected designs, such as Paul Cox's patterns used by fashion designer Issey Miyake. The book includes 144 pages and is priced at €29.50.