Finding inspiration

Dave Gray is the founder and CEO of XPLANE, the visual thinking company. The company's vision was formed and continues to be driven by Dave's passion for rich, clear and engaging communication. He believes that pictures have the power to transform the world, because they can convey rich information to anyone, regardless of culture, language or educational background.

XPLANE's customers include some of the world's leading companies, including British Petroleum, Microsoft, Credit Suisse and Cisco. XPLANE helps them use pictures and visual thinking methods to create new opportunities and solve complex business and communication problems.

Dave regularly publishes his thoughts on communication and visual thinking at http://communicationnation.blogspot.com, and has recently published a book, Selling to the VP of NO; a visual book on sales, change management and communication.

Prior to founding XPLANE, Dave worked as a visual journalist for several major metropolitan newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LA Daily News, LA Herald-Examiner, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He has also taught business and visual communications at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dave's formal training was in visual communication at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, USA.

His work has been recognized by Print Magazine, Forbes, the Associated Press and the Society of Newspaper Design.

dgray's Pages

• Dave Gray's reading list
• Sketching
• Visual thinking school
• Signs, symbols and icons
• Visual vocabulary
• Visual mapping
• Introduction to visual thinking
• Visual communication
• Information design
• Visual thinking tools

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