Happy birthday, John Grimwade
Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays to John Grimwade , graphics director of Condé Nast Portfolio and Condé Nast Traveler magazines, both in New York. John turns 57 today.
Just thinking about being in the blog today gets John
all choked up. Photo from Infografia’s Flickr feed.
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John is, quite simply, one of the finest infographics journalists anywhere. He has a real knack for taking the most complex process or geographical location and distilling it down to its most basic elements and then rendering those elements in bold yet simple strokes.
Especially maps. The man is a wizard with maps.
A few samples of his work:
See more in his online portfolio.
John was previously graphics director of The Times of London. He’s also created graphics for Popular Science and a slew of other magazines. A graduate of the Canterbury College of Art, he teaches all over the world, including SND and Malofiej conferences and with VizThink.
Watch a VizThink video interview with John here. Watch an interview with John last fall at SND/Boston here.
John shares a birthday with Billy Kulpa of The Rockford Register Star, singer Steven Patrick Morrissey, supermodel Naomi Campbell, actors Paul Winfield and Sir Laurence Olivier and writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Plus, today is Buy a Musical Instrument Day. Seriously.
Best wishes, John, for a happy birthday!
