This Was Expensive dot Com [kevinkwok.com] is a uniquely proportioned infographic installation mounted outside a student computer lab. The goal of the infographic is to reveal some of the most expensive domains ever purchased. The distance of the bubbles to the start of the chart is related to the average visitors per month a specific domain receives. The circle size represents the amount of money paid for that domain. The colors symbolize categories that each site is in.

Watch the 40-second documentation movie below to really get it.

Via datavis.