Interactive data visualization that tracks the quality of patient care in over 3,000 hospitals across the United States. Really effective, using simple blocks the information is clear, attractive and easy to read.
(Source: pentagram.com)
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A really good practical use of infogaphics and not bad looking either.
Admirable interactive data visualizations by TULP interactive. Intelligent, understandable and beautiful.
Lapka have created a set of beautiful environmental sensors for your iPhone. It’s a very exciting take on personal data. They measure radiation, electromagnetic fields, humidity / temperature, and how organic your food is.
Although they look great, how useful is measuring electromagnetic fields?
(Source: mylapka.com, via ixisnine)
Infographics pieces by University of Kingston from their. Like the way they are 3D rather than simply computer generated.
Nice tour video
Relevant notes taken from throughout Bertin’s book covering all areas of information visualisation.
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“…graphics is one of the major “languages” applicable to information processing” (p.2)
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A monosemic system: when the meaning of each sign is known prior to observation. Bertin describes graphics as monosmic.
A polysemic system: when the meaning of the individual signs are “deduced from consideration of the collection of signs” (pg.2)
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Stages in creating graphic diagrams (p.192)
Bertin, J. (2011). Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps. Redlands; Esri Press.
Taken from ‘Designing Diagrams’ by Jan Gauguin
- Sector diagrams (pie, doughnut)
- Bar charts
- Line graphs
- Spread diagrams (radial)
- Volume diagrams
- Networks (like Bourquin’s datamaps)
- Matrixes ( mainly to measure qualitative not quantitative data)
TEDxVancouver - Jer Thorp - The Weight of Data (by TEDxTalks)
This guy does cutting edge data visualization work for the NY Times. And he releases a lot of his own work as open source (Processing, etc.).
Another nice project by Martin Oberhauser.
