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- May 8, 2019
- 4 min
Seeing is Believing: World Happiness Report, Visualized
The human race seems to be constantly striving for the perfect life balance. A few hundred years ago, happiness seemed to be simple: food, shelter, moderate health, appreciation for nature around us. Over the centuries, we’ve come to expect these as a part of merely existing, and we now crave a ‘higher level’ of happiness to keep us satisfied. More than ever, success (wealth, material possessions, stature) plays in to any measure of happiness. And today, the World Happiness R
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- Aug 1, 2017
- 5 min
Data-a-Day in a Post-Truth World
This past Sunday, Danne Woo, professor of graphic design at New York’s Queens College and self-professed data-monger, reached the seven-month point (211 days) in his project to design and publish a chart a day for one year. The series Chart-A-Day began with data visualizations based on various personal statistics Woo collected on his iPhone and Apple Watch. It quickly became a platform for design reportage, social advocacy and political activism—a place, he says, “to counter
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- Feb 8, 2017
- 2 min
The Hand-Drawn Infographics of W.E.B. Du Bois
You probably know W.E.B. Du Bois as a civil rights icon, a writer, a speaker, and a leader in the fight against Jim Crow laws, nuclear war and injustice. But did you know that he was also a talented infographics artist? The folks over at The Public Domain Review—a brilliant online repository of the graphic arts and historical ephemera—gathered these remarkable data visualizations Mr. Du Bois presented in 1900. These infographics first appeared in Du Bois’ exhibition, “The Exh
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- Jan 30, 2017
- 10 min
Data Humanism: The Revolutionary Future of Data Visualization
We’ve reached peak infographics. Are you ready for what comes next? by Giorgia Lupi Data is now recognized as one of the founding pillars of our economy, and the notion that the world grows exponentially richer in data every day is already yesterday’s news. Big Data doesn’t belong to a distant dystopian future; it’s a commodity and an intrinsic and iconic feature of our present—like dollars, concrete, automobiles and Helvetica. The ways we relate to data are evolving more rap
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- Dec 30, 2016
- 2 min
7 Brilliant 2017 Calendar Designs
This was a pretty messy year. A contentious election, war across the world, and all manner of tragic deaths among creative people. Personally, I need to take a break from it all, and what better way to do so than with the beauty of calendar design. Join me and ease your mind with these lovely 2017 calendar designs, gathered from around the web: 7 Gorgeous Calendar Designs to Ring in 2017 The Mr Cup Creative Manifesto Letterpress Calendar Released once per year, this enthralli
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- Jan 15, 2016
- 6 min
Design Data Deluge
Graphic Designers Surveyed, a book of data about graphic design experience, is published by the London-based GraphicDesign& and edited by Lucienne Roberts, Rebecca Wright and Jessie Price, with contributions from Nikandre Kopcke and Stefanie Posavec. It is a fascinating book for stat nerds and designers who are interested in their peers. The content was developed from the many hundreds of designers who took the time to answer a rather long survey. I asked Lucienne Roberts how
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- Dec 28, 2015
- 3 min
14 Reliable Data Sources for Creating Infographics
From the course: How to Create an Infographic Visual messages are interpreted faster than textual ones at a mind-blowing rate of 60,000 times faster. Hence, infographics have quickly become a popular method for presenting detailed data. While infographics are beautiful and efficient, they hold a strong responsibility of providing accurate data. To assist designers in digging up reliable data, we listed some of our go-to sites for information. 14 Data Sources for Creating Accu
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- Mar 31, 2014
- 2 min
How to Make an Infographic: Data, Design, Distribute
Learning how to make an infographic that is both effective and beautiful is more challenging than you might think. The most successful infographics not only display data, but do so in way that is both visually appealing and simplistic enough for anyone to understand. Explore the best infographic design techniques in the live design tutorial How to Make an Infographic: Data, Design, Distribute with John T. Meyer, founder of the visual marketing firm Lemonly. In this one-hour w
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- Dec 26, 2013
- 1 min
Spheres of Information
Data visualization has come a long way since the days of the information wheel. But the wheel is still a delight to use and sometimes a feast for sore eyes. These are some I recently found, but for an exceptional selection of data and info wheels, check out Reinventing the Wheel by Jessica Helfand. See more here. Regional Design Annual
Get inspired with work from the past year and from all over the country with the Regional Design Annual. Be sure to enter your work in the 2
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