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Nicholas Rougeux

@rougeux

Data artist and designer

 Chicago, IL
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Joined August 2008
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New: I spent nine months creating a digital edition of The Naturalist’s Library, William Jardine’s 40-volume 19th-century natural history series. 1,300+ plates restored, 2.4m words, 27 posters, and 1 huge book.
Homepage of The Naturalist's Library website, showing a grid of illustrated volume covers from William Jardine's 40-volume natural history series (1833–1843), with navigation links and a description of the digital edition featuring over 1,300 restored hand-drawn illustrations.

ALT Homepage of The Naturalist's Library website, showing a grid of illustrated volume covers from William Jardine's 40-volume natural history series (1833–1843), with navigation links and a description of the digital edition featuring over 1,300 restored hand-drawn illustrations.

A mosaic layout of illustrated species pages from The Naturalist's Library, featuring restored Victorian natural history engravings of animals including a zebra, giraffe, hummingbird, beetle, butterfly, fish, and bird, each accompanied by descriptive text and taxonomic details.

ALT A mosaic layout of illustrated species pages from The Naturalist's Library, featuring restored Victorian natural history engravings of animals including a zebra, giraffe, hummingbird, beetle, butterfly, fish, and bird, each accompanied by descriptive text and taxonomic details.

A fan arrangement of printed reference posters from The Naturalist's Library, each displaying a grid of labeled natural history illustrations spanning birds, mammals, fish, and insects, fanned out against a sage green textured background.

ALT A fan arrangement of printed reference posters from The Naturalist's Library, each displaying a grid of labeled natural history illustrations spanning birds, mammals, fish, and insects, fanned out against a sage green textured background.

Photo collage of “Plates of the Naturalist's Library.” The left shows the green cover featuring a giraffe, deer, hummingbird, butterfly, and tropical fish against an engraved forest background. The right shows open spreads with restored illustrations of a giraffe, antelope, and parrots.

ALT Photo collage of “Plates of the Naturalist's Library.” The left shows the green cover featuring a giraffe, deer, hummingbird, butterfly, and tropical fish against an engraved forest background. The right shows open spreads with restored illustrations of a giraffe, antelope, and parrots.

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I think I spotted some of my images from c82.net/redoute/ in Claude's latest announcement video. They were released in the public domain so no harm no foul. Just fun to see in the wild. Would love to know if anyone on their team can confirm.

Lilies & Roses of P.J. Redouté

Digital edition of Pierre-Joseph’s illustrations of roses and lilies

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We’re introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. They're the world’s most advanced models for coding and knowledge work.
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Digital edition of The Naturalist’s Library: Explore: c82.net/naturalists-library How it was made: c82.net/blog/making-of-natur…
The Naturalist’s Library

The Naturalist’s Library

A complete digital edition of William Jardine’s 40-volume series on natural history

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We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.
A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

ALT A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

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I search through a lot of old text and needed something that showed multiple searches simultaneously so I vibe coded MultiSearch, a small tool to do just that. Figured others might find it useful so it’s available for everyone for free with no restrictions
Screenshot of MultiSearch showing multiple searches highlighted in different colors

ALT Screenshot of MultiSearch showing multiple searches highlighted in different colors

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MultiSearch: Run multiple searches at once c82.net/work/?id=401
MultiSearch

MultiSearch

Run multiple searches at once

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Congrats, Mike! Excited to see the new site live too. It was great to work with you on the design and bring it to life.
Mike Rosulek (@GarbledCircus) profile pictureMike Rosulek@GarbledCircusJan 6
The Joy of Cryptography is finally on bookshelves! Thanks to @mitpress for supporting the adventure. The book will eventually be completely open-access, but for now the first 3 chapters are available at joyofcryptography.com, featuring some fun interactive elements.
Image from Mike Rosulek (@GarbledCircus)
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New: I went on a months-long treasure hunt for 1,200+ books spanning 450+ years to digitize Daniel Updike’s Printing Types from 1922, detailing the history of printing and typography. Made a nifty poster too. Link in next post.
Screenshot home page with title and chapter links

ALT Screenshot home page with title and chapter links

Screenshot of chapter on French types from 1500 to 1800

ALT Screenshot of chapter on French types from 1500 to 1800

Screenshot of a list of illustrations with thumbnails

ALT Screenshot of a list of illustrations with thumbnails

Poster overlaid on top of a closeup of it

ALT Poster overlaid on top of a closeup of it

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Digital edition of Printing Types from 1922: Explore: c82.net/printing-types How it was made: c82.net/blog/?id=100
Collage of type specimens with overlaid text saying, Printing Types: Their History, Forms & Use

ALT Collage of type specimens with overlaid text saying, Printing Types: Their History, Forms & Use

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New: I recreated Tomas Wright’s 1742 astronomical treatise, Clavis Cælestis, and its accompanying sheets titled A Synopsis of the Universe. New posters are available in antique style and modern colors. Link in next post.
Screenshots of websites pages arranged in a collage

ALT Screenshots of websites pages arranged in a collage

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Recreated Clavis Cælestis and A Synopsis of the Universe from 1742: Explore: c82.net/clavis-caelestis How it was made: c82.net/blog/?id=99
Antique and color posters

ALT Antique and color posters

Closeup of antique poster

ALT Closeup of antique poster

Closeup of color poster

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New: I recreated and colorized one of the first org charts in American business history depicting the New York and Erie Railroad from 1855. I also wrote about its history, how I made it, and uncovering a long-lost piece. Link in next post.
Colors of all four posters

ALT Colors of all four posters

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Recreated org chart from 1855: Posters: c82.net/work/?id=398 How it was made: c82.net/blog/?id=98
Closeup of poster showing details

ALT Closeup of poster showing details

Closeup of poster showing details

ALT Closeup of poster showing details

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New project: I recreated Moses Harris’ prismatic and compound color wheels from The Natural System of Colours published in the eighteenth century and expanded them to dark versions. Links in next post.
“The Natural System of Colors” title surrounded by a spectrum of colors

ALT “The Natural System of Colors” title surrounded by a spectrum of colors

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Recreated color wheels: Explore: c82.net/natural-colors How they were made: c82.net/blog/?id=97
Four color wheels arranged in a grid, two on a light background, two on a dark background

ALT Four color wheels arranged in a grid, two on a light background, two on a dark background

Collage of posters created for project

ALT Collage of posters created for project

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ALT Closeup of poster showing details

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Now for something different and more personal. I wrote about data I collected about myself while learning to live with chronic nausea for the past 14 months. Link in next post.
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Living with Nausea: My Story in Six Charts c82.net/blog/?id=96
Living with Nausea: My story in six charts

Living with Nausea: My story in six charts

I used to have boring health. I never had more than the flu, been admitted to the hospital, and I could eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. In late 2023, that changed when I developed chronic...

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I’ve made a lot of posters (and some puzzles) over the years. Now, they’re all available in one place in my new shop. One easy place to find gifts for friends, family, or yourself…and maybe discover something new. Link in the next post.
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Visit the new shop: c82.net/shop
Shop

Shop

Posters and puzzles inspired by data

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New project 11 months in the making! Lilies & Roses of P.J. Redouté. I created a digital edition of his most stunning collections from 1802–1833. Colorful posters and an in-depth blog post about how it was made: Explore: c82.net/work/?id=396 Blog: c82.net/blog?id=95
Screenshot of home page

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Screenshot of lilies arranged by the order they were published

ALT Screenshot of lilies arranged by the order they were published

Screenshots of several plates pages

ALT Screenshots of several plates pages

Posters of roses and lilies, each arranged by color

ALT Posters of roses and lilies, each arranged by color

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