As visually arresting as it is informative.--The Boston Globe
Du Bois's bold
colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic
design in America.--Fast Company's Co.Design
W.E.B. Du
Bois's Data Portraits is the first complete publication of W.E.B.
Du Bois's groundbreaking charts, graphs, and maps presented at the
1900 Paris Exposition.
Famed sociologist,
writer, and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois fundamentally
changed the representation of Black Americans with his exhibition of
data visualizations at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Beautiful in design
and powerful in content, these data portraits make visible a wide
spectrum of African American culture, from advances in education to
the lingering effects of slavery. They convey a literal and
figurative representation of what he famously referred to as the
color line, collected here in full color for the first time.
A landmark
collection for social history, graphic design, and data science.
- Data display,
visualizations, and infographics far ahead of their time
- Colorful graphs
and charts are mesmerizing pieces of art in their own right
- A valuable
companion to W.E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk
- Includes
contributions from Aldon Morris, Silas Munro, and Mabel O. Wilson
W.E.B. Du Bois's
Data Portraits is an informative and provocative history, data,
and graphic design book that continues to resonate with audiences
today.