11 Of The Most Influential Infographics Of The 19th Century. We live in a world steeped in graphic information. From Google Maps and GIS to the proliferation of infographics and animated maps, visual data surrounds us. While we may think of infographics as a relatively recent development to make sense of the immense amount of data available on the Web, they actually are rooted in the 19th century--a fact that I write about in my most recent book.
[John Smith’s “Historical Geography” (1888) portrays a country driven by two fundamentally different ideals: the avaricious slaveholding South and the God-fearing, righteous North.] [Emma Willard’s “Chronographical Plan,” or “The Tree of Time” (1864) attempts to “impress upon the mind” of her young students the logic and order of U.S. history.] The following survey of early information contains examples that are by no means intuitive or clear--some are downright chaotic--but they stand out for their attempt to integrate more than one class of information or tell a complex story in a single picture. How A Redesigned Electricity Bill Could Make You Smarter And Save Cash. If you live here in the states, chances are your electricity bill has not been significantly redesigned in more than 20 years.
Which would be fine if the thing were easy to read in the first place. But, well, see for yourself. Here is a Chicago ComEd bill in 1988. And here it is in 2011: It nearly makes the butterfly ballot look like an Ed Tufte creation. The Chicago startup Power2Switch, a free service that helps people comparison-shop for electricity suppliers, has developed a slick new electricity bill aimed at empowering consumers to make smart choices about their electricity usage, which, in turn, can save them money. “We get customers who get in touch with us to find electricity suppliers or new tariffs and the first question they ask is, ‘Can you explain my bill to me please? '” Notably, a donut chart reveals where your electricity comes from and how much it costs, including taxes. Here, Fabode takes us through the refreshed bill’s key features:
20 visualisations de données en Motion design - motion_design. L'art de la visualisation de données progresse de plus en plus vite. Chaque semaine de nouvelles infographies ou webdesigns font leur apparition sur la toile. Mais que devient la vidéo dans tout ça? Découvrez le dans la suite de l'article. La visualisation de données par le motion design La création d'infographie prend un essor avec le flux d'informations que l'on reçoit chaque jour, les designers ont eu la bonne idée de jouer avec ce flux afin de le représenter graphiquement, soit à l'aide de sites web, d'infographies ou d'animations.
Pour l'utilisation de la vidéo, on arrive à des résultats d'une grande qualité. Découvrez des à présent notre sélection spécialisée dans la visualisation de données par le motion design ! The World Is Obsessed With Facebook Energy & Dynamic Braking JESS3 x Economist: Women's Economic Opportunity Japan - The Strange Country (Japanese ver.) Performance Enhancement Dreaming in numbers Mobile Year in Review 2010 7 milliards, National Geographic Magazine. The Clock is Ticking. Digital Podge 2009 - Measurable Fun | 17th December 2009. Digital Podge 2009 17th December 2009 Swedish Podge 2010. Do you want to know more about Belgium? 40 Useful and Creative Infographics. Six Revisions Menu Main Categories CSS HTML JavaScript Web Design WordPress Web Development Design Inspiration UX Design UI Design Freebies Tutorials Tools Links About Contact Advertise RSS Twitter Facebook 40 Useful and Creative Infographics By Jacob Gube Information graphics (or infographics) are graphical depictions of data and information.
In this collection, you’ll find forty beautiful and educational infographics, displaying the uncommon spectacle of "art meets science". 1. The proportion of ingredients for popular coffee drinks and their pronunciation keys. 2. This infographic showcases the history of the Swine Flu, starting from 1976. 3. 4. 5. The top breweries and beers in the U.S. 6. 7. 389 Years Ago A rundown of the historic events in African-American culture. 8. 9. 10. 11. An illustrated guide at how the Global Warming phenomenon works. 13. A packed visual piece on tobacco chemicals and tobacco trade worldwide. 14. 15. 16. A graphical representation of consumer spending across the globe. 17. Curseofthemoon on deviantART. Les 50 meilleures infographics et data visualization | Le Blog d.
Information Is Beautiful | Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visu. Flowing Data – Water Systems. Visualizing Water Systems In conjunction with Melbourne Water OOM Creative have designed a series of data visualizations to illustrate water as an urban resource. This project developed from an exhibition piece in Melbourne’s State of Design Festival – into a series of large scale prints – and recently released as an online interactive data visualization and foyer prints.
OOM Creative were selected as one of four innovative design teams for the 2010 State of Design Exhibition entitled Creating Liveable Cities. Sponsored by Melbourne Water the exhibition examined the issue of water within urban environments and OOM Creative’s response was presenting 10 years of water data as an realtime installation and large scale prints. Design statement: OOM Creative’s challenge was to present 10 years of data from Melbourne’s water systems in an elegant and memorable information visualization. Try the interactive web version: play with time to reveal a decade of water systems data (screenshots below). 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization.
Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Different music tracks are segmented into single channels that are then shown in a fan-like structure. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service.
Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations. Moritz.stefaner.eu - / Tasty Data Goodies: A Few of Our Favorite Blogs. 35 Great Social Media Infographics. 35 Great Social Media Infographics [Note: I recently updated this compilation to include some more recent visualizations... you can see it here.] Here’s a collection of terrific social media infographics that might come in handy. As you probably know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge.
They illustrate information that would be unwieldy in text form and they act as a kind of visual shorthand, making information easy to understand and consume. It’s very helpful to use infographics in presentations, reports, articles, etc., to convey concepts. Most of these have been scaled down or cropped. If you know of any good ones that I’ve missed, please leave a comment and let me know! 1. 2. 10 Levels of Intimacy in Today’s Communication 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization. 175+ Data and Information Visualization Examples and Resources | Things wordy, geeky, and webby Since taking a class that discussed Edward Tufte‘s work, I’ve been fascinated by turning information into visual data. His site contains many examples that you could easily spend hours on the site. I have.
Plus, I spent several days browsing sites with articles, resources, and examples of infovis (information visualization) in action. It’s not just about presenting data in a presentation or making things colorful. It’s a struggle for me as I haven’t practiced this process or created any charts in a long time. Updated: 9 February 2013 ShortURL to this post: Examples 5 Amazing Infographics for the Health Conscious10 Outstanding Social Media Graphics10 Revealing Infographics about the Web10×10 is “100 words and pictures that define time.”35 Great Social Media Infographics3D Animation of Linux Code Development7 Nights of Bright Eyes article and accompanying visual analysis of Conor Oberst.AInews.org: Note the .org!
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