information aesthetics.Where form follows data.
| a series of travel maps showing the distance and time taken to the Department for Transport in London. the interactive maps compare house prices to travel time, driving vs public transport (in Edinburgh), and bicycling vs public transport. [link: mysociety.org & tom-carden.co.uk|thnkx tuan] see also: travel time tube map & time-based subway map.);width:600px;height:200px;"> travel time maps » |
| is a network model created to generate list of predictions about future spending. it shows the unprocessed model of dynamic relationships between transaction items and their effects over time. each node represents a transaction and are connected to each other through categories and dates. [link: turbulence.org|thnkx jack!]);width:600px;height:200px;"> mypocket spending » |
| a set of visualizations based on a dataset of cross-references found in the Bible. the one shown above is a biblical social network. after the break, are images visualizing the cross-references as arcs. the bar graph running along the bottom shows every chapter in the Bible and their respective lengths (in verses). books alternate in color between white and light gray. also visualized is the entire text of the Bible, with biblical names positioned and sized according to their average position in the text and their frequency of occurrence. [link: chrisharrison|via the suggestion box] see also: comparing the holy scriptures, shape of song, bible exegesis, clusterball wikipedia, music habits arcs & document arc diagrams.);width:600px;height:200px;"> visualizing the bible » |
| a visualization of all the nouns in the English language arranged by semantic meaning. each of the tiles in the mosaic is an average of images relating to one of 53,463 nouns. large-scale groupings correspond to broad categories such as plants or people. within the plant cluster, for example, tighter semantic groupings are visible such as flowers or trees. [link: mit.edu & mit.edu (pdf)] see also: pixels into music, one million image masterpiece, gridlove image mosaic & montage-a-google.);width:600px;height:200px;"> 80 million tiny images » |
| an accounting of the year passed in beautiful infographical form. this year sees the addition of several street-map-style visuals. note that one tennis racquet was purchased, but no games were played! [link: feltron.com |via swissmiss] see also last year's feltron report & 2005's report.);width:600px;height:200px;"> annual report for 2007 » |
| infographic representing the type and location of each attack in the Iraq war, responsible for the 2,592 recorded deaths among American and other coalition troops, Iraqi security forces and members of the peshmerga militias controlled by the Kurdish government. [link: nytimes.com (article) & nytimes.com|thnkx reallifepixel] see also: Iraq war maps, infographic movie, casualties for dummies, casualties infographic & fatalities.);width:600px;height:200px;"> a year in iraq » |
| a visualization of the political debates in the U.S. elections. each line represents a reference from one candidate to another, while the length of each circle segment represents the total words spoken by each candidate during the debates. one interesting pattern are candidates who are only referred to within-party versus those who are mentioned by the opposing party. [link: nytimes.com|via visualmethods.blogspot.com] see also: Matthew Ericson InfoVis keynote, state of the union infographics & visual poetry 2006.);width:600px;height:200px;"> nytimes political debates » |
| a network diagram which documents every instance of the phrase "is the new" encountered from various sources in 2005. it is intended to map the iterations of a peculiarly common marketing and literary device. (luckily, "awake is the new sleep"). [link: thediagram.com|via TomC] see also visuwords graphical dictionary & javascript visual wordnet);width:600px;height:200px;"> "is the new..." word network » |
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| Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design Klanten et al. |
Visual Thinking for Design Colin Ware |
Algorithms for Visual Design Kostas Terzidis |
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