Gerd Arntz

Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) was a German artist with a political activist focus. Many of his infographics, as well as his Isotype project to create a universal set of icons for signs, are available at www.gerdarntz.org. This infographic poster shows the New York City population explosion from 25,000 in 1767 to 9.5 million in 1930.

Comments

[Seth]

wow super inspirational work. imagine if he had illustrator he could have produced so much more amazing work.

[Randy Krum]

No kidding. All done the old fashioned way!