ESSAY · ISOTYPE · NIGHTINGALE
Explaining a single Isotype: simplicity from complexity

One chart, read closely: “Planning for Cotton” from the 1945 Isotype series Two Commonwealths, which Christopher Hill wrote as K.E. Holme to build ties between Britain and the Soviet Union. It turns the whole Soviet planning system, from questionnaires to farm to factory to shop, into a single readable spread.