中文简介：

这本庞大的出版物是TASCHEN出版的《信息图表》（Information Graphics）的后续，收录了炒过280个当代和复古的视觉图表，帮助我们更好地了解世界。本书跨越了社会、文化、技术、经济和环境的现状和历史演变，既展示了杰出的数据设计作品，也是对我们生活状态及其背后的原因和趋势的一个引人入胜的概览。

书页上的星球

呈现一个庞大而脆弱的世界

拥有浩瀚的规模、多样性和细节，世界始终让人们眼前一亮，激发人们的好奇心。从蕞早的洞穴壁画开始，人类就一直在探索这个作为我们家园的地球，并试图了解它。

本书分为五个章节，涵盖环境、技术、经济、社会和文化等方面，以易于理解的视觉形式揭示了地球上一些蕞复杂的细节。本书收录了280多幅图表，以大比例复制，其中包括七张折页，重点关注21世纪，也包括历史上的杰作，以便更好地了解我们的现状。

奈杰尔·霍姆斯（Nigel Holmes）通过犭虫家的信息图表引入了这本书，而桑德拉·伦根（Sandra Rendgen）则提供了一篇插图的历史性文章，探讨几个世纪以来我们如何研究和解释我们的世界。本书中的图表来自于《财富》（Fortune）、《国家地理》（National Geographic）和《卫报》（The Guardian）等来源，这不仅是一个杰出数据设计的展示，也是一个关于我们生活状态及其背后原因和趋势的引人入胜的概览。

作者

桑德拉·伦根（Sandra Rendgen）曾在柏林和阿姆斯特丹学系艺术史和文化研究。她的工作既包括编辑，也包括为媒体装置开发概念，专注于图像文化和技术之间的交互，尤其注重数据可视化、互动媒体和信息传达方式的历史。她是TASCHEN出版的《信息图表》（Information Graphics）和《了解世界》（Understanding the World）的作者。

编辑

朱利叶斯·维德曼（Julius Wiedemann）曾学系过平面设计和市场营销，在2001年加入TASCHEN之前在东京担任报纸和设计雜誌 的艺术编辑。他参与编辑的书籍包括《插画现在时！》（Illustration Now!）和“唱片封面”（Record Covers）系列，以及有关广告和视觉文化的信息图表合集和书籍。

了解世界：信息图表集

精装，21 x 31.5 cm，2.26 kg，456页

ISBN 978-3-8365-9496-7

语言版本：英文、法文、德文

英文简介：

This expansive publication follows up on TASCHEN's Information Graphics with more than 280 contemporary and vintage visualizations to help us understand our world. Spanning the present state, and historical shaping, of society, culture, technology, economics and the environment, this is at once a showcase of the most outstanding data design work, and a fascinating digest of where and how we live.

Planet on the page

A visual atlas of our vast, fragile world

Dazzling in scale, diversity and detail, the world never ceases to open our eyes and captivate our curiosity. Ever since the earliest cave paintings, humans have looked at this Earth that is our home and endeavored to understand it.

This expansive visual atlas presents the most exciting, creative and inspiring ways of explaining the world in information graphics. Divided into five chapters, the book covers the environment, technology, economics, society, and culture to reveal some of the Earth’s greatest intricacies in accessible visual form. Featuring more than 280 graphics, reproduced in large scale including seven fold-out spreads, the collection focuses on the 21st century, but also includes historical masterpieces to put our current situation into perspective.

Nigel Holmes introduces the book with an exclusive infographic of his own, while Sandra Rendgen provides an illustrated historical essay to explore how we have studied and interpreted our world over the centuries. With graphics drawn from such sources as Fortune, National Geographic, and The Guardian, this is not only a showcase of outstanding data design, but also a fascinating digest of where and how we live.

The author

Sandra Rendgen studied art history and cultural studies in Berlin and Amsterdam. Her work both as an editor and in developing concepts for media installations concentrates at the interface between image culture and technology, with a particular focus on data visualization, interactive media and the history of how information is conveyed. She is the author of TASCHEN’s Information Graphics and Understanding the World.

The editor

Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! and Record Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.

Understanding the World. The Atlas of Infographics

Hardcover, 21 x 31.5 cm, 2.26 kg, 456 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-9496-7

Edition: English, French, German