A map specialist who works in Illustrator and Photoshop, John Grimwade is the Director of Information Graphics at Conde Nast's Traveler and Portfolio magazines based in NY. I found this video interview with him quite interesting. Two thirds of the way in he starts to discuss the future of interactive graphics. I think he is right.

His personal website has a great collection of his work. I am always amazed by designers who can take impossible piles of data and turn it all into simple and cohesive information graphics. Bravo.

John really believes in the power of "a pencil" over processor-based technology. I tend to agree with him on that score as well.

He will be speaking at the VizThink Conference in January in San Francisco (tagline: "are you a visual thinker?"). This one sounds like a killer alternative to the 1000th Web 2.0 conference there. This is what the conference organizers have to say about him: "his speciality is wayfinding maps and diagrams: helping people navigate complex spaces." Perhaps I can commission him to do an info-mural of my life lately. Or perhaps we can ask him down to speak to us?

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