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Antikbar, Narrow one sheet famous diagram titled
"Der Mensch als Industriepalast" (Man as Industrial Palace) created by the German gynaecologist and popular science writer Fritz Kahn in 1926.
Key Information
Creator: Dr. Fritz Kahn (1888-1968).
Title: Der Mensch als Industriepalast (German), which translates to Man as Industrial Palace or The Human Factory in English.
Publication: The diagram was originally published as a large, color, fold-out poster supplement to Volume 3 (or later, Volume 5) of Kahn's five-volume encyclopedic work, Das Leben des Menschen (The Life of Man), published between 1922 and 1931.
Concept: The illustration uses the industrial and mechanical imagery prevalent during the Weimar Republic era to explain human anatomy and physiology. It depicts the human body as a complex factory or industrial plant, with "little men" (homunculi) acting as the workers performing the bodily functions.
Impact: The innovative use of visual metaphors and infographics made complex biological processes easy to understand for the general public and had a significant influence on modern information design. |
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