Thursday
Feb042010
: visualizations
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 07:47AM
If you have worked with me, you know I am into this stuff. I am always looking for ways for us to use it in our projects or even new examples that serve as inspiration for our work. I still keep some hope alive for one particular concept we presented from over a year ago. We'll see what happens.
The company Bestiaro out of Barcelona does some amazing work in this field. They are dedicated to creating and expanding this new narrative form by harnessing the seemingly endless amount of data now found in humanity's ever growing digital databases. It's impossible for a person to look at a database and understand it, but when you form the data into visuals you start to create a language, to communicate, and maybe even a new form of narrative for delivering vital information or even just everyday news.
It takes a special kind of designer to do this. One that is comfortable with; information design, the fundamentals of graphic design, and interaction principals. Visit Bestiaro to see some of these amazing examples.
Also, head on over to VisualComplexity.com for lots amazing examples. This is more of a curated collection of visualizations from all over the world. Many of the examples are strikingly beautiful. They border on the edge of being described as generative art. Information can be beautiful.
This one below caught my attention. It shows the remotest places on the planet. It does this by calculating travel time, nearest city, access to roads or mass transportation, and even things like terrain steepness. See it here.
The company Bestiaro out of Barcelona does some amazing work in this field. They are dedicated to creating and expanding this new narrative form by harnessing the seemingly endless amount of data now found in humanity's ever growing digital databases. It's impossible for a person to look at a database and understand it, but when you form the data into visuals you start to create a language, to communicate, and maybe even a new form of narrative for delivering vital information or even just everyday news.
It takes a special kind of designer to do this. One that is comfortable with; information design, the fundamentals of graphic design, and interaction principals. Visit Bestiaro to see some of these amazing examples.
Also, head on over to VisualComplexity.com for lots amazing examples. This is more of a curated collection of visualizations from all over the world. Many of the examples are strikingly beautiful. They border on the edge of being described as generative art. Information can be beautiful.
This one below caught my attention. It shows the remotest places on the planet. It does this by calculating travel time, nearest city, access to roads or mass transportation, and even things like terrain steepness. See it here.
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