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The History of the Internet (Animated infographics)
Here we go. The History of the Internet [lonja.de] is a 7 minute animated infographics documentary explaining the inventions from timesharing to filesharing and from Arpanet to the Internet. The Inte ....... read more
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Three More Animated infographics Videos
Three more animated infographic video that have not yet appeared on infosthetics. They seem to be particularly noteworthy, as they avoid using the now pervasive slick "animated infographic" style ori ....... read more
Sat,
29 Nov 2008
Living Calendar: Everything Time at a Glance
The Living Calendar allows people to read the weeks, the months, the holidays, and the time, all at once and all in a glance. A large hand shows the current day, and the current month, thus doing a c ....... read more
Sat,
29 Nov 2008
Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design
The recently released book "Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design" available at Amazon.com and Gestalten.de seems to be an ideal Christmas gift. The book introduces an expansive scope ....... read more
Tue,
25 Nov 2008
The Pentagon Information Graphics Machine
There is an interesting blog post over at wallstats.com (well known from the Death and Taxes), analyzing and critiquing some of the recent charts and graphs created by the US Pentagon. It demonstrate ....... read more
Mon,
24 Nov 2008
Ideas for Enhancing Information Representation
100 Ideas for Envisioning Powerful, Engaging, and Productive User Experiences in Knowledge Work [flashbulbinteraction.com] is an online reference for product teams creating new applications for work ....... read more
Thu,
20 Nov 2008
Wooden Model of a 3D MRI Scan
Neil Fraser, a software engineer at Google, took 9 carefully selected cross sections from from a RMI scan and glued them on wooden blocks to create a 3D representative model [fraser.name]. The result ....... read more
Sun,
16 Nov 2008
Dutch Architecture 5 Euro Coin Design
The design of a new commemorative 5 Euro coin [pythonide.blogspot.com], also called the The Architecture Fiver, based on the subject 'Netherlands and Architecture'.
In the design of artist Stani ....... read more
Thu,
13 Nov 2008
Show World: Morphing Country Sizes by Statistics
In an approach similar to the very popular WorldMapper method, Show World adds the novel factor of animation. The online maps illustrate various census and world statistics from various non-governmen ....... read more
Wed,
12 Nov 2008
Japanese infographic Video: Ensuring the Future of Food
An infographical and isometric Sims-like styled video created for the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), which highlights some of the complex issues surrounding the futu ....... read more
Mon,
10 Nov 2008
London Underground Tube Map Video Documentary
A 25-minute documentary on the visual design of the London tube map, which is also coined as "The pinnacle of London Transport's modernist design", invented by an unemployed engineering draftsman, Ha ....... read more
Fri,
07 Nov 2008
Reconstitution: Live Remix of the 2008 Presidential Debates
I might have discovered this way too late to allow you to really enjoy the "live" aspect, but the documented videos are still quite impressive and relevant: Reconstitution 2008 [reconstitution2008.co ....... read more
Thu,
30 Oct 2008
Trendrr: Track, Compare & Share Data Online
Yet another competitor of Many Eyes, Swivel, Track-n-Graph, WidGenie and the just-posted iCharts: Trendrr [trendrr.com] has the capability to track the popularity and awareness of trends across a var ....... read more
Sun,
26 Oct 2008
iCharts: YouTube for Interactive Charts
Yet another competitor of Many Eyes, Swivel, Track-n-Graph, WidGenie and Trendrr (which will be discussed in the next post): iCharts [icharts.net] aims to optimize the creation, sharing and embedding ....... read more
Sun,
26 Oct 2008
is the new word network
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 literar ....... read more
Sun,
12 Aug 2007