North American Duck Identification Chart

A print template is designed for a static, finite medium with a fixed page size. In our modern world, the printable chart has found a new and vital role as a haven for focused thought, a tangible anchor in a sea of digital distraction. For showing how the composition of a whole has changed over time—for example, the market share of different music formats from vinyl to streaming—a standard stacked bar chart can work, but a streamgraph, with its flowing, organic shapes, can often tell the story in a more beautiful and compelling way. It’s a form of mindfulness, I suppose. This makes the printable an excellent tool for deep work, study, and deliberate planning. They are built from the fragments of the world we collect, from the constraints of the problems we are given, from the conversations we have with others, from the lessons of those who came before us, and from a deep empathy for the people we are trying to serve.