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Interesting interview with NY Times Graphics Director Steve Duenes and Graphics Editor Archie Tse. And if you haven’t visited gestalten.tv in a while, you’ll be happily surprised by the vast library of videocasts they’ve been building – it’s an invaluable resource.
New book added to the ever expanding TSA Library. As with most additions, we’re giving away one free copy. See the bottom of this post for details.
Data Flow 2
Visualizing Information in Graphic Design
Editors: R. Klanten, N. Bourquin, S. Ehmann, T. Tissot
Language: English
Publisher: Gestalten
Release: February 2010
Format: 24 x 30 cm
Features: 272 pages, full color, hardcover
Data Flow 2 expands the definition of contemporary information graphics. The book features new possibilities for diagrams, maps, and charts and investigates the visual and intuitive presentation of processes and data. Eight comprehensive chapters illuminate how techniques such as simplification, abstraction, metaphor, and dramatization function. Data Flow 2 is a valuable reference offering practical advice, background, case studies, and inspiration.
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Enter to win a free copy of Data Flow 2
To enter your name into the drawing, comment on this post with your favorite infographic from the last decade.
Fine print: Drawing ends Saturday, July 31, 2010. Winner will be picked at random. This drawing is open to everyone, even if you live in the far reaches of the planet. Please comment with a valid email so we can find you.
**** Winner announced: Congratulations to Annie Nguyen from Hawaii. ****
Designer and good friend Bud Rodecker never stops working. RichardDaily is Bud’s new creative project, which involves a strict personal deadline to create something new everyday. Bud also is a designer over at the great design collaborative 3st/Thirst based out of Chicago.
Beautifully executed infographics illustrating some statistical data about The Beatles. Ongoing project by Michael Deal.
These visualizations are part of an extensive study of the music of The Beatles. Many of the diagrams and charts are based on secondary sources, including but not limited to sales statistics, biographies, recording sesion notes, sheet music, and raw audio readings.
GOOD Magazine recently put out a set of information graphics showing how certain cities are utilizing new technologies to start doing things right. A very interesting look at how these 8 different systems are working for their cities.
Cities & Traffic, Water & Education, Public Safety & Oil and Gas, and Health Care & Government.
Design work by Oliver Munday.
Nicholas Felton has put out his new website showcasing much of his truly amazing work.
GOOD Magazine just uploaded a Flickr set of all their beautifully designed infographics from past issues. Nice little resource.
Gorgeous charts and graphs void of all meaning. Designed by Chad Hagen from Minneapolis – Nonsense Info Graphics Flickr set.
Valentin Adam is a french student in graphic design. His work of posters and typographic creations are simply impressive.
Toko started in The Netherlands and is now based out of Sydney. These shots are from an annual report they designed. Here’s the description – [Client]: we don’t want an ordinary report! Can you make it more arty? So we did, literally. We turned the graphs into works of art. Every page displays a visual which can be read as a graph or seen as a work of art. Some of the graphs were also presented on actual canvas.
