Want to bury some warm childhood memories under a mountain of cold analysis? A close examination of the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ aesthetic.

A recent post of Things Magazine—where I happened upon the above link—offers a review, of sorts, of such ‘graph fetishism’.

As usual, Information is Beautiful has injected some critical missing context into the national debate with a well-designed chart.

This time, it’s spending in America. Check out The Billion Dollar Gram.

A gallery of vintage cover art. Great stuff!

From Things.

So easy, a caveman could understand healthcare reform.

Via Ezra Klein.

Just like the title says. Saul Bass – a graphic designer who did a lot of work with Alfred Hitchcock, for instance, in addition to many other directors – is responsible for some pretty iconic stuff.

A visual blog with some pretty arresting stuff. Check it.

Thanks, Coudal