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Design Category
Information design, 1995
Design director
Diana LaGuardia
Collection
(1996) Information Graphics: Design of Understanding

Description

Designed to accompany a feature story on the effects of global warming on the world’s glaciers, this graphic serves as a general primer on glacier mechanics. It explains how glacier ice contains thousands of years’ worth of information about vegetation and climate.

Credits
Designer: Christin Gangi
Illustrator: John Grimwade
Publisher/client: Condé Nast Traveler