Topic: visualization
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Data visualization guidelines
Thursday, May 2, 2013 · Topics: infographics, information-architecture, visual-thinking, visualization
From International Journalism Festival in Perugia: Tips are from Gregor Aisch, visualization architect and interactive news developer. We’re delighted he could join us to lead the workshop: “Making Data Visualisations, A survival Guide.” · Go to Data visualization guidelines →
Periscopic: Do good with data
Thursday, April 4, 2013 · Topics: design, infographics, inspiration, visualization
Periscopic is a socially-conscious data visualization firm that helps companies and organizations promote information transparency and public awareness. · Go to Periscopic: Do good with data →
What’s the secret to great infographics?
Thursday, April 4, 2013 · Topics: infographics, information-architecture, visualization
From Fast Company: Kim Rees, cofounder of Periscopic, on the secret to good data-viz. Hint: It’s not about dumbing things down. · Go to What’s the secret to great infographics? →
Census dotmap
Friday, January 4, 2013 · Topics: infographics, maps, visualization
From Brandon Martin-Anderson: This is a map of every person counted by the 2010 US and 2011 Canadian censuses. The map has 341,817,095 dots – one for each person. · Go to Census dotmap →
Visual storytelling guides: A new deliverable in technical communication?
Saturday, December 22, 2012 · Topics: storytelling, visua, visualization
From Tom Johnson: With the visual storytelling guide, we let our hair down a bit more and not worry so much about the economy of information as we unravel story after story coupled with strong images and possibly video. · Go to Visual storytelling guides: A new deliverable in technical communication? →
4 simple online infographic generators
Sunday, August 19, 2012 · Topics: infographics, visual-thinking, visualization
From Marketing Tech: The infographics industry is exploding and now we’re seeing some new tools to help. Currently, infographics agencies charge between $2k and $5k to research, design and promote a fantastic infographic. These tools will make development of your infographics a lot less costly, easier to design and publish, and some include reporting modules to see how well the infographics are distributed and promoted. Some of them are a bit young so you may have to deal with some bugginess, but they’re all very impressive. · Go to 4 simple online infographic generators →
Ward Shelley
Thursday, August 16, 2012 · Topics: illustrators, infographics, information-architecture, visualization
Ward Shelley works as an artist in Brooklyn, New York. He specializes in large projects that freely mix sculpture and performance. Utilizing eclectic influences and a variety of media, Shelley’s installations defy classification. Over the last five years, Shelley has concentrated on bizarre functioning architectural pieces in which he lives and works during the exhibition monitored with live surveillance video equipment. · Go to Ward Shelley →
Ben Fry
Thursday, August 16, 2012 · Topics: infographics, information-architecture, visual-thinking, visualization
Ben Fry is principal of Fathom, a design and software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral degree from the Aesthetics + Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory, where his research focused on combining fields such as computer science, statistics, graphic design, and data visualization as a means for understanding information. After completing his thesis, he spent time developing tools for visualization of genetic data as a postdoc with Eric Lander at the Eli & Edythe L. Broad Insitute of MIT & Harvard. During the 2006–2007 school year, Ben was the Nierenberg Chair of Design for the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. At the end of 2007, he finished writing Visualizing Data for O’Reilly. In 2011, he won the National Design Award for Interaction Design from the Cooper-Hewitt. · Go to Ben Fry →
