Archive for the ‘Graphic Design (general)’ Category
Google Public Data Explorer
In: Employment| Global Economy| Graphic Design (general)| Infographic (clever)| Maps| Reference| Science
9 Mar 2010
Free Graphic Design
3 Mar 2010
Bad Charts! Bad!
3 Mar 2010Eager Eyes looks at several recent charting blunders. I don’t agree with all of the analysis, but for the most part it’s spot on.
Web Design Hell
2 Mar 2010Hilarious, and accurate for just about any graphic design process.
Tableau Public Examples
In: Culture| Employment| Graphic Design (general)| Reference| Sports
1 Mar 2010I’ve just started playing with this new online interactive visualization tool, but it looks fantastic.
Here are some examples of what other people have produced with it:
Economist Videographics
In: Graphic Design (general)| Maps| Politics| Source: Economist
1 Mar 2010The Economist produces quality audio annotated presentations on a number of topics. Here are a few recent ones:
Asia’s Growing Economic Power (a historical perspective) 
China’s territorial Disputes (it’s not just Taiwan) 
Global Fertility 
Olympic Pictograms
28 Feb 2010An entertaining video look at graphic design choices in the olympics.
Jeff Clark and Twitter Venn
22 Feb 2010Nice article about Jeff Clark’s visualization work including the below twitter venn (enter three terms and see how they overlap).(via)
Chart Choices
19 Feb 2010Juice Analytics has a very nice article about how to select from all the chart types available today.
Power Morphing
19 Feb 2010I recently had to animate some morphing for a presentation, and came across the below. Stunning and beautiful (the music selection is kind of annoying, though)
Medicine vs Terrorists
16 Feb 2010A little outside Chartporn’s normal bailiwick, but I like to make note of effective graphic design when I find it.
Boilerplate
In: Graphic Design (general)| Humor| Infographic (clever)| Source: FlowingData
15 Feb 2010Flowingdata lands an accurate jab at infographic design.
How Much Pie Charts Suck (in 3D!)
5 Feb 2010Jon Peltier executes another one of his wonderful critiques/rants about the uselessness of pie charts.
Data Fiction
5 Feb 2010Something a little different today: A fictional story told through data visualizations. The link below goes to the flickr version, while a larger presentation appears on designer Kim Asendorf’s website. I definitely love the idea and the execution — of course, visualizations are probably a little easier to create when you get to make up the data. 
What Color are Words?
1 Feb 2010Cymbolism.com creates graphs based on surveys of what colors people associate with different words. The blog has a lot of interesting articles about color theory, cultural differences, etc. (via)
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A collection of interesting charts, tables, maps, and interactive data toys -- with a focus on economics and graphic design. Enormous thanks to the bloggers who help find all this stuff, and the wonderful researchers, analysts, and graphic artists who create them.
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