“In terms of what constitutes an infographic, however esoteric the data set is, it must tell a factual story rather than an ‘expressive tale or polemic message’ the book finds.”
Raw Data, a graphic designers hand book on infograph design.
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Ganzfeld, installations by James Turrell.
“Ganzfeld”: A German word to describe the phenomenon of the total loss of depth perception as in the experience of a white-out. Turrell artificially creates a similar experience through the controlled use of light, coved corners and an inclined floor.
Photographers finding new ways present their work.
Cool and clever poster from the NYC Bike Expo.
Useful infograph!
Photographer Randy Scott Slavin uses a GoPro and a drone to show us New York City from up top.
Elements of Design infograph from Paper Leaf.
Typewriter art by Steve McCaffery, c. 1965-1975
Agate fordite. Geology is cool!
Time in Motion, gifs by Fong Qi Wei.
Really cool soaps from Vice & Velvet.
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Painting Must Die-Painting Must Live, Loren Munk, 2013.
Art history made easy with this flow chart!
Happy π Day!
The Cartography of Kitchenware apron, seen at Pop Chart Lab.
A Visual Compendium of Notable Haircuts in Music, seen at Pop Chart Lab.
Can you guess without zooming in?
Photographed by Nick Knight for Another Magazine, 2009.
“I know squat diddly about typography myself”, says John Rabbit. He created this one page education on typography and it’s pretty great.
Diverging from all the turbulence in Russia, here’s a piece by the late Russian artist Oleg Vassiliev, titled Twilight I.
“To me, the visible and tangible world is more a thing of remembrance than of perception of reality.”
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Photographer Jimmy Nelson photographs global indigenous tribes before they vanish forever.