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Sandro Botticelli: La Carte de l'Enfer - Inferno (Dante) 

Rod Hunt was commissioned by Australian street furniture design and manufacture company Mos to create the artwork for their annual jigsaw puzzle gift to their clients. This year they wanted to create a fictionalised cutaway building illustration of their offices and factory to showcase the company's production processes, manufacturing capabilities and business departments. The iconic historical industrial space the White Bay Power Station in Sydney was used as the inspiration for the factory building. 

The illustrated factory features the different production stages from beginning to end including welding, CNC pipe bending, powder coating, timber bending, timber cutting and machining, assembly, quality control and final packaging. Business elements were also shown including the design department, R&D, product testing, staff recreation area, marketing, and business development. Rod created portraits of key staff  members in the business that were shown working in their respective departments. Can you also spot the pop culture references from An Officer and a Gentleman, Terminator II and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory?

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© Rod Hunt 2025

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Today, Tumblr and the Society for News Design, in collaboration with the office of Congressman Mark Takano (CA-41) announced the first annual “International Chart Day,” to take place on April 26th.

Charts and other variations of information graphics have been around for hundreds of years, and are an important tool for making complex information easier to understand. The growing debate over “fake news” is only going to increase the importance of the chart in dispelling untruths and countering intentional misinformation, and in creating a more informed society.

On April 26, chart lovers will unite to celebrate the first-ever “International Chart Day,” an opportunity for the infographic creating community to engage the public by sharing their favorite examples, further explaining the history and value of charts, and sharing insight in to how to create high-quality, visually engaging, informative visualizations.

Really love Charts? Reblog this post and get your friends excited about International Chart Day on April 26th!

Interested in finding out more?  Visit: https://www.internationalchartday.com/ Or sign up for email updates: https://goo.gl/forms/T9K1ul0sMdulabY83

Interested in participating? Share your favorite charts on Tumblr and other socials, and tag them with #InternationalChartDay - we’ll be sending around more ways you can participate in the coming weeks.

Here’s one of my favorite from a few years ago.

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