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Rediscovering a rarity from India

The Portrait of Population series from the 1970s.

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Dutch cartocubism

A forgotten attempt to simplify maps from the interwar period.

Apr 7 • Attila Bátorfy

How we wrote about data visualization?

Some lessons from 150 years of Hungarian literature.

Mar 30 • Attila Bátorfy

Food nutrition charts from Iowa

The 1915 Atlas and Plat Book of Ringgold Country.

Mar 23 • Attila Bátorfy

Circular packing the chaos of icons and colours

How an advisor tried to bring some order to more than 30 categories in 1909?

Mar 16 • Attila Bátorfy

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Dutch cartocubism

Apr 7 • Attila Bátorfy

Not just pretty pictures: interview with Michael Friendly

Dec 4, 2025 • Attila Bátorfy

Three polar diagrams from the Spanish Civil War

Feb 9 • Attila Bátorfy

One of the best map legends I've ever seen

Jan 12 • Attila Bátorfy

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Could this be the first flow map from 1773?

A map showing the volumes of the salt trade of Hungary.

Mar 9 • Attila Bátorfy

Swedish people in front of charts

What do these historical photos tell us?

Mar 2 • Attila Bátorfy

Extravagant charts in service of popular knowledge

Richard S. Peale's Home Library series from 1883.

Feb 22 • Attila Bátorfy

Introducing: Collections

Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities presents two special selections: History and Connections.

Feb 19 • Attila Bátorfy

Abstract military formations from Russia

An album of schemes of exercises and movements from 1804.

Feb 16 • Attila Bátorfy

Three polar diagrams from the Spanish Civil War

The Government of Catalonia's report of its wartime financial politics from 1936.

Feb 9 • Attila Bátorfy

Fragments of a Greek epic on resistance

The diagrams of the Left during the German occupation of Greece.

Feb 2 • Attila Bátorfy

The post-war Middle East oil boom on charts

The treasure trove of University of Exeter from the 1950s to 1970s.

Jan 26 • Attila Bátorfy

This is how news spread during the flood

A German action-map from 1875.

Jan 19 • Attila Bátorfy

One of the best map legends I've ever seen

From a French colonial atlas on the Mekong River.

Jan 12 • Attila Bátorfy

The dangers of alcoholism for children

The Finnish illustrator Akseli Einola's board series for schools from 1928.

Jan 5 • Attila Bátorfy

The Cabinet in 2025

Your favourite articles, my favourites from others + plans for 2026.

Dec 22, 2025 • Attila Bátorfy

Attila Bátorfy's Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities

Attila Bátorfy's Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities

I write mostly about old and rare information graphics, data visualizations and maps

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