RJ Andrews
@infowetrust.com
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RJ Andrews
@infowetrust.com
· Feb 27
My best client work develops singular powerful images that attract and inform minds. To do good work we need to engage and collaborate in a way that has creative energy, iteration, and momentum. I need to learn lots from you to get you where you need to go.
Learn more at infoWeTrust.com
Learn more at infoWeTrust.com
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Don’t worry, the enormous Smoke Room on this deck isn’t the only one
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Don’t worry, the enormous Smoke Room on this deck isn’t the only one
Started writing a newsletter about collecting rare books. That evolved to writing about an 1842 train disaster. (Which is a good metaphor for how I collect rare books.)
Coming soon to chartography.net !
Coming soon to chartography.net !
Chartography | RJ Andrews | Substack
Information-design insights and inspiration. Featuring charts and more, from yesteryear to today. Click to read Chartography, by RJ Andrews, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
chartography.net
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Started writing a newsletter about collecting rare books. That evolved to writing about an 1842 train disaster. (Which is a good metaphor for how I collect rare books.)
Coming soon to chartography.net !
Coming soon to chartography.net !
"It's not magic, it's work."
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"It's not magic, it's work."
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Come join us In-person or live-streamed for this fascinating discussion with @mhernandez.bsky.social on his work and the crisis in data distrust. www.eventbrite.com/e/dvc-presen... Also featuring @palewi.re, @jeffisawesome.bsky.social, Jen Ray, Kelsey Nanan, and David Rittenhouse!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Come join us In-person or live-streamed for this fascinating discussion with @mhernandez.bsky.social on his work and the crisis in data distrust. www.eventbrite.com/e/dvc-presen... Also featuring @palewi.re, @jeffisawesome.bsky.social, Jen Ray, Kelsey Nanan, and David Rittenhouse!!!
“Printed across eight sheets for in-terminal display, this was the largest and final planisphere in Boucher’s long series of world maps for Air France.”
$19,500 www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
$19,500 www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
[ A Monumental Wall Map of The World ] Air France – Le plus grand réseau du monde. - Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
www.raremaps.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Printed across eight sheets for in-terminal display, this was the largest and final planisphere in Boucher’s long series of world maps for Air France.”
$19,500 www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
$19,500 www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
paddled under a fog bow today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_bow
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
paddled under a fog bow today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_bow
full set of PDFs are ready for (final?) test print
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
full set of PDFs are ready for (final?) test print
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon
new desire: production-function graphs
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
new desire: production-function graphs
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The new display of the search results on @ourworldindata.org is next level.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The new display of the search results on @ourworldindata.org is next level.
This chart kills fascists: 1943 anti-Nazi information booklet, spread by the RAF.
🔴 Allies
⚫️ Axis powers
"Many dogs are the death of the hare!"
🔴 Allies
⚫️ Axis powers
"Many dogs are the death of the hare!"
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This chart kills fascists: 1943 anti-Nazi information booklet, spread by the RAF.
🔴 Allies
⚫️ Axis powers
"Many dogs are the death of the hare!"
🔴 Allies
⚫️ Axis powers
"Many dogs are the death of the hare!"
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Data visualization by the people, for the people
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Data visualization by the people, for the people
I asked a standing-room-only crowd how many of them had drawn with a pencil or pen in the past week. Every hand went up! My people!
Thank you Pratt Institute for an inspiring evening.
Thank you Pratt Institute for an inspiring evening.
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I asked a standing-room-only crowd how many of them had drawn with a pencil or pen in the past week. Every hand went up! My people!
Thank you Pratt Institute for an inspiring evening.
Thank you Pratt Institute for an inspiring evening.
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check out the 9 on the Queens borough flag 🌀 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens?...
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
check out the 9 on the Queens borough flag 🌀 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens?...
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
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Just realized that the Apple open book emoji 📖 contains the opening lines of the classic THE CRAZY ONES ad from '97.
November 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Just realized that the Apple open book emoji 📖 contains the opening lines of the classic THE CRAZY ONES ad from '97.
✅ edits from print proof
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon.
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
✅ edits from print proof
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon.
MAPS FOR KIDS coming soon.
looking forward to the next march
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
looking forward to the next march
freshy fresh from Japan
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
freshy fresh from Japan
This trip I realized that the quality I like about NYC compared to SF is that NY vehicles follow traffic rules. It creates a sense of civility and order that San Francisco lacks.
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This trip I realized that the quality I like about NYC compared to SF is that NY vehicles follow traffic rules. It creates a sense of civility and order that San Francisco lacks.
