Visual Diary of Quantitative Information

Maps-re purposed for art. Now this I can get...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:47:22 +0100

Maps-re purposed for art. Now this I can get behind.

brain-food:

Map Portraits
by Ed Fairburn

Exercise to distill novels visuals into a signature to represent...

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:30:36 +0100

Exercise to distill novels visuals into a signature to represent the story.

wnycradiolab:

Color signatures of novels’ visual content by Jaz Parkinson. More. Looks like it may be possible to order prints, and even make requests!

(I just finished reading The Road and I can’t believe there is even THAT much color.)

This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:06:03 +0100

This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day… at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.

Physical quantified “working” for minimum wage. Brilliant!

Feltron does it again. Though I don’t see how much time he...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:14:41 +0000

Feltron does it again. Though I don’t see how much time he spends reporting captured on this.

feltron:

The 2012 Feltron Annual Report is now online.

Print copies are available for pre-order here: http://feltron.bigcartel.com

designgallery: 2013 NBA All-StarsBy Rami Moghadam I might be...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:03:00 +0000

designgallery:

2013 NBA All-Stars
By Rami Moghadam

I might be into sports if they always presented their stats like this.

Compelling interactive info-graphic. Framing the figure of...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:46:52 +0000

Compelling interactive info-graphic. Framing the figure of people killed with how many years that could add up to humanizes this beautiful chart.

new-aesthetic:

U.S. GUN MURDERS IN 2010

That’s dedicatnion. He’s crazier than...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:11:33 +0000

That’s dedicatnion. He’s crazier than Sagmeister

helloyoucreatives:

Student creates a full-body tattoo infographic … about tattoos.

Paul Marcinkowski, a design student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland, has taken the infographics craze to another level. Marcinkowski, who studies in the department of graphics and painting, has tattooed his entire body with an infographic about tattoos for his final project.

The tattoo includes stats such as the number of Americans who have tattoos (45 million), and the top three reasons for regretting a tattoo: the person’s name in the tattoo, the way it looks and it was stupid.

Some data mining for man’s best friend in...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:15:04 +0000

Some data mining for man’s best friend in NYC!

npr:

datanews:

WNYC’s Data News Team mined the city’s dog license database to map, list and make a game out of the Dogs of NYC.

Max is the most popular dog name in New York City. Also, make sure you check out the dog name and breed t-shirt generator. -Heidi

Warby Parker Annual Report Clearly inspired by Feltron, this...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:38:45 +0000

Warby Parker Annual Report

Clearly inspired by Feltron, this annual report looks great and uses some fun java scrolling techniques.

Sitegeist

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:41:00 +0000

Sitegeist:

Visually appealing app to give you a snapshot of the neighborhood you’re standing in.

A map of America, with census data represented as a dot. Just...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:00:39 +0000

A map of America, with census data represented as a dot.

Just in case you weren’t yet feeling humble in 2013, here’s what you look like as a tiny dot in America.

How to redefine time? The Present.

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:28:32 +0000

How to redefine time?

The Present.

nice quick-looking chart. i like projects with fast turnaround...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:16:57 +0000

nice quick-looking chart. i like projects with fast turnaround times!

mrmullin:

The top books of 2012, according to Facebook.

new-aesthetic: Mark Your Territory - Check Into Foursquare by...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:14:55 +0000

new-aesthetic:

Mark Your Territory - Check Into Foursquare by Peeing

One of the latest manifestations of this digitally mediated human solipsism is Foursquare. In Foursquare, similacra of real-world locations are digitally overlain in which humans can easily communicate to each other if they (supposedly) visisted a particular place, and which person (supposedly) holds domination over this place by visisting it the most frequently.

Mark Your Territory is a new system that lets individuals check-in to foursquare by physically urinating at the actual location.

Definitely the most extreme example of real life events taking place on social networks.

Social Media Compass.

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:28:59 +0000

Social Media Compass.

ffffffound: dezeen_Lasso-Shoes-by-Gaspard-Tine-Beres-at-Show-RCA...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:11:54 +0000

ffffffound:

dezeen_Lasso-Shoes-by-Gaspard-Tine-Beres-at-Show-RCA-2012-16.gif 468×330 пиксел.

Mind blowingly simple design.

I wonder how comfortable they are.

Is Photography Dead? Click through for animated GIF Infographic,...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:33:00 +0000

Is Photography Dead?

Click through for animated GIF Infographic, via mashable

"But it’s not just imperfection, Mauro Porcini from PepsiCo, pointed out. It’s “strategic..."

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:51:08 +0000

“But it’s not just imperfection, Mauro Porcini from PepsiCo, pointed out. It’s “strategic imperfection” that captures multicultural brand subtleties.”

- 3 Big Insights from Today’s top design thinkers.

Mapping Truth and Deception. Taking cues from topographical...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:12:11 +0000

Mapping Truth and Deception.

Taking cues from topographical maps, this designer attempted to map the complexities of how we bend the truth.

Instagram Blog: Election Night on Instagram

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:23:51 +0000

Instagram Blog: Election Night on Instagram:

instagram:

Last night, immediately following the projection that Barack Obama had won a second term as President of the United States, the number of Instagram photos uploaded each second surged to 2.1x the normal rate.

People from around the United States tagged more than 100,000 photos with #IVoted, and 150,000 photos with #