• Most important risks 2010? WEF knows it.

    Updated: 2010-01-26 23:16:40
    The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland will take place this weekend from January 27th to 31st. To examine some of the most important topics in advance the WEF website hosts the interactive application Risks Interconnection Map 2010. The RIM 2010 is a network visualization weighting the most important global risks and their connections.

  • Searchable World Government Data

    Updated: 2010-01-25 09:43:16
    Governments around the globe are opening up their data vaults – allowing people to check out the numbers for themselves. Now The Guardian has created one single interface to rule them all.

  • Charting The Beatles

    Updated: 2010-01-21 13:35:12
    Michael Deal has initiated an open collaborative project called Charting The Beatles. Its aim is to explore the music of The Beatles through information graphics.

  • Beautiful Infographic Posters: Analisi Grafiche

    Updated: 2010-01-20 10:22:07
    Dario Verrengia's Portfolio features a lovely collection of posters that he created at the Politecnico di Milano. The infographics analyse different brands in a graphical and aesthetically unique way.

  • Stunning Examples of Data Visualization in Google Earth

    Updated: 2010-01-19 06:00:48
    The Google Earth blog recently posted some examples of how well Google Earth can be used as a scientific visualization platform. The examples are posted by Thijs Damsma from the OpenEarth Initiative.

  • Mean and Median – Part 2

    Updated: 2010-01-19 00:30:00
    Back in December I wrote a post about using the arithmetic mean and median when analyzing data.  This is a follow up post that shares some insights from Naomi Robbins, author of Creating More Effective Graphs.  The following paragraph was Naomi’s response to my question, “what would you provide if asked what is a typical [...]

  • Call For Entries for Malofiej 18

    Updated: 2010-01-18 06:37:15
    The Society for News Design has published the call for entries for the 18th International Graphics Awards. The deadline is February 5th and only works that were published between January 1 and December 31, 2009 may be submitted. The winners will be announced at the closing dinner during the Infographics World Summit, on March12, 2010.

  • Cornwall Council | Index of Deprivation & Child Well-Being Reports

    Updated: 2010-01-15 16:30:28
    New InstantAtlas reports have been created by the Cornwall Community Intelligence team to provide insight and key facts about the City. They include research which draws on a range of statistics to provide information about the people of Cornwall and their social, environmental and economic circumstances. “Cornwall Council Community Intelligence Team are using Instant [...]

  • Designing for Visual Efficiency

    Updated: 2010-01-15 08:59:42
    Ryan Coleman gives a brief but inspiring presentation about the process of how we see and how that knowledge allows us to create designs that are more visually efficient. This is a nice introduction to a field every information designer should look into.

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