Man as Industrial Palace, Animated

FlowingData has an article on the Fritz Kahn poster, Man as Industrial Palace. Now, this poster has been made into a video. Hit the site below for a link to the video.

In 1926, Fritz Kahn illustrated man as a working factory in his famous poster, Man as Industrial Palace. Tiny guys in each body system perform their own specific job. A camera man controls the eyes, groups of thinkers sit up top, and the guys at the bottom handle the dirty work.

Designer Henning Lederer brings the poster to life in animated and interactive form (below). I love the little guys working the switchboards.

via Man as Industrial Palace, Animated | FlowingData.

This story written by Paul Adams

Paul Adams manages an award-winning team for a federal high performance computing facility where he has worked for 15 years. He loves getting his hands on the latest visualization and computer hardware, astronomy, aerospace engineering, working with the poor, and ringing cowbells.

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