Glorious charts

Take a close look at masterpieces of information design, extraordinary charts that inspire and inform how we can make better dashboards today. Each was built to do a job: settle an argument, run an empire, save lives. We'll focus on the details that make them work: where the eye enters, how a line is labeled, where color is deployed. You'll leave with a higher ceiling for what a chart can accomplish, and a handful of moves you can put on your next bar chart.