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Oct. 14th Explaining the financial mess: calling Nigel Holmes
Nigel, where have you been?
Just the other day as I ran through Paris following the stock market’s dramatic plunge, I was thinking that we needed Nigel Holmes to make us understand the complexity of it all.
Serendipity comes to the rescue.
My colleague Sara Quinn, of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, has found Nigel, and her interview with him is available here:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=152213
In his usual cordial and collegial style, Nigel sends me some of his work to share with you: Here are a couple of things you might like to add to your blog; from The New York Times op-ed page on the progress in New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina, and from American History on the history of alcohol in the U.S. (missing the magazine-generated intro)” During the golden days of infographics, Nigel Holmes was the pioneer of the modern infographic displaying his enormous talent weekly at TIME Magazine. We used to invite him to speak to newspaper editors, designers and artists at Poynter. He was always a favorite, a crowd pleaser whom we actually had to remove physically from the students so he could catch his plane to return to New York City. No kidding. They could not get enough of Nigel who was almost poetic in his way of presenting information about the simplifying of complex concepts. It was the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic, and I remember clearly Nigel’s exercise with one of our groups: how can you convey the significance of the disease in ten seconds? Everyone gave it a try, then Nigel would show how he handled it at TIME. A generation of infographics artists studied his style and his enormous ability to interpret events. Consequently, a generation of readers had things explained to them much easier. Nigel is still at it, as shown in this interview, a must read for anyone whose business is storytelling . Nigel, the ultimate storyteller, makes it all sound so painless. The one quote from Nigel that we never forget; Everything in your graphic must have a meaning; if you don’t attach it a meaning, the reader will. Last day in Lagos, Nigeria; flying towards Amsterdam late tonight. TheMarioBlog posting #120
Posted by Dr. Mario R. Garcia on October 14, 2008Some recent Nigel Holmes graphics
Making sense of it all
A wall of bricks, with a fist running right through it. Impact at first sight, and everyone would get the point of the story. Sample after sample, the Nigel Holmes magic was obvious.
Comments
How to Detox - Well that so sad to hear. And it’s so nice to hear that you are very concerned about her. I don’t actually know how long alcohol stays in our system bbut it’s not surprising that she died due to liver failure. Maybe it was just really her time.
-M from Mexico
Posted by Playa Azul Michoacan on 10/16 at 1:15 PM
It is very amazing how Nigel Holmes interpret events and give it a wide new meaning and concept. Complexity comes easy.
Posted by Carpet on 10/17 at 12:05 PM
Simplifying complexity is one of the favorites of Nigel Holmes. Theres no harder way of making things as easy as they are to be.
Posted by Clean Windows on 10/17 at 2:41 PM
I don’t actually know how long alcohol stays in our system but it’s not surprising that she died due to liver failure. Maybe it was just really her time.
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How are Europeans handing the current stock market crash?
Posted by stock market on 10/25 at 12:54 PM
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Regards, Richardson
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Posted by how to pass a drug test on 10/25 at 3:05 PM
Some truly impressive graphics Nigel!
Posted by stock trading training on 10/25 at 4:13 PM
it’s not surprising that she died due to liver failure. Maybe it was just really her time.
Posted by baby names on 10/29 at 11:59 PM
I guess when it’s time to go you gotta go but liver failure is a tough way to go.
Posted by stock trading on 11/01 at 2:21 PM
It’s so nice to hear that you are very concerned about her. I don’t actually know how long alcohol stays in our system but it’s not surprising that she died due to liver failure. Maybe it was just really her time.
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The financial mess will hopefully shift gears a bit with new leadership.
Posted by financial on 11/05 at 10:09 AM
Great Graphics. It was also a great read.
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You do have a point here 
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Hi everyone
I am a new member and really would appreciate some advice. for past two years I have been befriending an alcoholic. It really has been the most tragic story - this lady was only 52 and a doctor also. Anyway I have been to see her practically every day for past two years. She died suddenly last week.
The post mortem showed she died of liver failure. What I would like to know is ………………and this is what is torturing me. When I found her she was sitting in exact same position I had left her in. Also going on what she had drunk since I had last saw her day before - tells me she has died probably an hour or so after I left…… What actually happens when someone dies of liver failure? I have been torturing myself that she would have been in agony or having some sort of seizure/attack?
I am so sorry to be so morbid but this is tearing me apart. She only had me. She had more money than all my family and friends put together but she had nothing. She was terrified of life.
Regards, Richardson
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