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Explaining the world
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Have great conversations about ideas through simple and insightful sketches. Visual explanations that are fast to read, fun to share, and hard to forget.
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I'm an author and illustrator creating one of the world's largest libraries of hand-drawn sketches that make complex ideas easy to understand.
Sketchplanations have been shared millions of times and are used in books, articles, classrooms and presentations around the world. Explore nearly 1,000 sketches explaining ideas from psychology and science to business and everyday life.
Einstein's Mirror
Trying New Things
Little Openings
Understanding El Niño
Opening stubborn jars: an escalation of methods
I will study and get ready and perhaps my chance will come — Abraham Lincoln
Thermocline
Recursive Islands
Moravec's Paradox
So Nothing Rhymes with Orange?
The McNamara Fallacy
All models are wrong, but some are useful — George Box quote
The Iceberg Model
Uitwaaien: The Dutch Word for Walking in the Wind
Coffee: The Glorious Solution to The Coffee–Sleep Cycle
Pyrrhic Saving: "Saving" money by spending more
The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI): Comparing Eruptions
Mathematics in Everyday Life
When there's a gold rush, sell shovelsView all
In a Book: Big Ideas Little Pictures
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Absorb big ideas with crystal-clear understanding through this collection of 135 visual explanations. Including 24 exclusive new sketches and enhanced versions of classic favourites, each page shares life-improving ideas through beautifully simple illustrations.
Perfect for curious minds and visual learners alike.
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