In 1931, John B. Sparks distilled human civilization into a single chart. Even today, it’s great infographic design. If time is a river, the Histomap, created by John B. Sparks and first ...

Darker colors indicate a higher percentage. Vermont tops the chart, with 55 percent of homes on septic. The data is from 1990, which is the most recent state-level septic system assessment. The U.S.

Entry in the 2011 Urban Water Design Challenge, sponsored by Visualizing.org and Circle of Blue. Alberto González submitted this infographic for the 2011 Urban Water Design Challenge—sponsored by ...

That’s naive, as this superb infographic by David McCandless and Always With Honor shows. The chart encompasses 10 ... are represented by slices of the circle. Thus, if you want to understand ...