Information design

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The diagram that argues

Lesson 7 of 12 in Information design.

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A diagram can show a relationship no photograph can. You cannot photograph how a thing works, or how one idea leads to another, and the drawing that makes it visible is frequently the most useful object in a document.

An ink drawing of a passenger in a train looking at a straight line diagram of stops above the door, while the track outside the window curves around hills and a river.
A straight line diagram above the door while the real track curves.
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    Which of these words means this? “A drawing whose job is to make a relationship visible.”

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  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Accuracy sacrificed for clarity. The Tube map is the famous case.”

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    • Schematic
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    • Dual axis
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    Which of these words means this? “Parts separated along their assembly axis. Shows how something goes together.”

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    • Encoding

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