Nate Burgos, Author at Boxes and Arrows

Author: Nate Burgos

is a design manager at Chicago-based investment information innovator Morningstar, part of Fast Company's debut Fast 50. He also teaches computer graphics at Loyola University. He is the recipient of a Sappi "Ideas that Matter" design grant. He attended the Yale Summer Program in Graphic Design in Brissago, Switzerland and the Maine Summer Institute in Graphic Design. In addition to being a bibliophile of rare art and design books, his other passion projects include designfeast.com and passion-ganda.org.

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Information Ecology: Bayer’s Book of Maps

Posted by Nate Burgos

In 1949, Herbert Bayer, the Austrian graphic designer who taught at the famed Bauhaus, embarked on an incredible information design challenge. The “World Geo-Graphic Atlas” (1953) is a benchmark example of information design, fusing vibrant data-intensive displays with a strong multicultural and environmental message.