The Origins of Information Graphic...

Since the knowledge capacity of humans started to expand, the to need to understand more complex information in simpler ways, was developed. Which information graphics became a new aspect of graphic design in the late 1700s. 


While Rene Descartes was inventing the algebraic expressions in geometry, and drawing two-dimensional planes, which also led to the horizontal and vertical axes being developed (also known as Cartesan coordinates). By repeating these axes, she found they formed a grid, called the Cartesan grid. 


This grid was also later used by William Playfair...


William Playfair was known for converting statistical data into symbolic graphics, which made reading more easier for the population.
Playfair believed that line, bar, and pie charts communicated better than tables of data. In his 1786 publishing of Commercial and Political Atlas, was the first publication which contained visual graphics for the import and export information from different countries. 

Soon later he compared Europe's population between cities and then discovered the divided circle. Creating these charts allowed for easy reading and the understanding of more complex information to be given to the population without uncertainty or question.