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Nigel Holmes (born 15 June 1942,
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, author, and theorist, who focuses on
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Biography

Graduating from
Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...
in
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
in 1966, Holmes ran his own successful graphic design practice in England. From 1966 to 1977 he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for clients such as
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Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
. His work appeared in
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Radio Times ''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...
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The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...
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Daily Telegraph Daily or The Daily may refer to: Journalism * Daily newspaper, newspaper issued on five to seven day of most weeks * ''The Daily'' (podcast), a podcast by ''The New York Times'' * ''The Daily'' (News Corporation), a defunct US-based iPad new ...
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The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
. In 1977, art director Walter Bernard hired him to work in the map and chart department of ''
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'' magazine, where Holmes later became graphics director. After a sabbatical he started his own company, which has explained things to and for a wide variety of clients, including
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. In 2011 Stevenson University held a retrospective show of his work titled ''Picture This - The Explanation Design of Nigel Holmes''. In 2016 an exhibition of his work from 1960 to 2015 was shown at the QVIG Conference in
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Publications

''Partial list''.


Books authored by Nigel Holmes

* ''Designer's Guide to Creating Charts and Diagrams'' (1984
Watson-Guptill Watson-Guptill is an American publisher of instructional books in the arts. The company was founded in 1937 by Ernest Watson, Ralph Reinhold, and Arthur L. Guptill. They also published the magazine ''American Artist''. Their headquarters are at 17 ...
) * ''Designing Pictorial Symbols'' (1985 Watson-Guptill with Rose DeNeve) * ''Pictorial Maps'' (1991 Watson-Guptill) * ''Best in Diagrammatic Graphics'' (1993 Rotovision) * ''Wordless Diagrams'' (2005
Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest mus ...
) * ''Pinhole and the Expedition to the Jungle'' (2010 Jorge Pinto Books) * ''The Book of Everything: A Visual Guide to Travel and the World'' (2012
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books. History Early years Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked ...
) * ''Instant Expert: A Visual Guide to the Skills You've Always Wanted'' (2014 Lonely Planet) * ''Crazy Competitions'' (2018
Taschen Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen. History The company began as Taschen Comics, pu ...
edited by Julius Wiedemann) * ''The Bigger Book of Everything: A Visual Guide to Travel and the World'' (2020 Lonely Planet) * ''Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data'' (2022
CRC Press The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books. Many of their books relate to engineering, science and mathematics. Their scope also includes books on business, forensics and information tec ...
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Books with graphics by Nigel Holmes

* ''The Holy War, June 67'' (1967 Cornmarket Press, edited by Christopher Angeloglou and Brian Haynes) * ''English Landscapes'' (1973
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) * ''The Making of the English'' (1973 BBC by
Barry Cunliffe Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, (born 10 December 1939), known as Barry Cunliffe, is a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been an Emeri ...
) * ''Focus on Health'' (1973
Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
Ann Burkitt) * ''The Ascent of Man'' (1973
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, by
Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski (18 January 1908 – 22 August 1974) was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He was known to friends and professional colleagues alike by the nickname Bruno. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to sc ...
) * ''Understanding USA'' (2000
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Richard Saul Wurman Richard Saul Wurman (born March 26, 1935) is an American architect and graphic designer. Wurman has written, designed, and published 90 books and created the TED.com, TED conferences, the EG Conference, TEDMED, and the WWW Conference. Education ...
) * ''Information Anxiety 2'' (2001 Que by Richard Saul Wurman) * ''Diagnostic Tests for Men'' (2001 Top Books by Richard Saul Wurman) * ''Understanding Children'' (2002 Top Books by Richard Saul Wurman) * ''Understanding Healthcare'' (2004 Top Books by Richard Saul Wurman) * ''The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything'' (2007 Bloomsbury, by Mark Reiter, and
Richard Sandomir Richard Elliot Sandomir (born September 4, 1957) is an American journalist who is an obituary writer for ''The New York Times''. He wrote about sports, male-pattern hair loss and television; he is the author of several books including ''Bald Like ...
) * ''Blue Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World.'' (2007 Earth Aware Editions, by
Rick Smolan Rick Smolan (born November 5, 1949) is a former ''Time'', ''Life'', and ''National Geographic'' photographer best known as the co-creator of the ''Day in the Life'' book series. He is currently CEO of Against All Odds Productions, a cross-medi ...
, Jennifer Erwitt, and a foreword by
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) * ''The Obama Time Capsule'' (2009 Against All Odds Productions, by Rick Smolan, Jennifer Erwitt, and Phoebe Smolan) * ''Presimetrics: What the Facts Tell Us About How the Presidents Measure Up On the Issues We Care About'' (2010 Black Dog & Leventhal by Mike Kimel and Michael Kanell) * ''Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers '' (2010 The Monacelli Press by Steven Heller and
Lita Talarico Lita Talarico is a co-founder and co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design Program in New York City. She also co-founded the SVA Masters Workshop in Italy, an ongoing summer program. She also teaches and lectures on design entrepreneuris ...
) * ''Gerd Arntz: Graphic Designer'' (2010 010 Publishers edited by Ed Annink and Max Bruinsma) * ''The Human Face of Big Data'' (2012 Against All Odds Productions, by Rick Smolan, and Jennifer Erwitt) * ''Information Graphics'' (2012 Taschen, by Sandra Rendgen) * ''Raw Data: Infographic Designers' Sketchbooks'' (2014 Thames & Hudson Ltd by Steven Heller and Rick Landers) * ''Understanding the World. The Atlas of Infographics'' (2014 Taschen, by Sandra Rendgen) * ''The Good Fight'' (2017 Against All Odds Productions, by Rick Smolan, and Jennifer Erwitt)


About Nigel Holmes

* ''On Information Design'' (2006 Jorge Pinto Books by Steven Heller)


Lectures and teaching

''Partial list'' * 1980-2009 The Stanford Professional Publishing Course. Developed live action charts on stage, with students taking part. * 1984-1993
Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...
. An annual weeklong workshop for practicing information graphics designers, conducted with Dave Gray, Robert Lockwood, Ed Miller, George Rorick, John Monahon and guest lecturers. * 1990
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* 1999 TED 9 * 2000 TED 10 * 2009 TED (25th anniversary) * 2011-2018
Yale Publishing Course Yale Publishing Course (YPC), located on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is an intensive program for magazine, book and online publishing professionals. The course focuses on teaching leadership skills for today's increa ...
(the successor to The Stanford Professional Publishing Course)


References


External links


Nigel Holmes homepage

AIGA Essay

Eye Magazine interview
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