Atlas of the Invisible:
Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
This book for map lovers visualizes hidden patterns in human society through the world of data.
UK (2021)
US / Canada (2021)
Germany (2022)
France (2022)
Netherlands (2022)
Korea (2022)
“A special kind of voyage of discovery . . . the detailed illustrations are true works of art.””
“An eye-opening visual look at the assumptions and trends that lie beneath how the modern world ticks . . . Demography and graphic design meet in an extraordinarily revealing book.”
“Fantastic . . . a magical combo of art and graphic gut-punch.”
For centuries, atlases depicted what people could see: roads, rivers, mountains. Atlas of the Invisible reveals the hidden patterns that shape our lives, a world of information that cannot be conveyed through text or numbers alone.
In this triumph of visual storytelling, award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. They uncover truths about our past, reveal who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness levels around the globe, trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us, examine hidden scars of geopolitics, and illustrate how a warming planet affects everything from hurricanes to the hajj. Years in the making, Atlas of the Invisible invites readers to marvel at the promise and peril of data, and to revel in the secrets and contours of a newly visible world.
“If you’re into #dataViz, you *need* to have this one . . . Every page reveals a surprise.”