Tag: information design
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“We know it’s complex, but I haven’t read something that describes the complexity in such detail” The value of Service Design Research
The release of research I worked on over 2022 applying a service lens to primary school principal’s and how they run a school (i.e. a complex organisation) has given me pause for reflection on the power of service design research. The quote in the title comes from a member of both Australian and International Principal…
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Schrödinger’s cat or: how observation causing nature to collapse is good information design
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOYyCHGWJq4] I just watched this video by Henry Reich from MinutePhysics* and: Discovered why I’ve struggled to write my all encompassing seminal infodesigngraphatainment post I’ve wanted to write ever since I started this blog Feel like Neo saying “I know kung fu” only I’d say “I know quantum physics” (and then I’d quickly qualify before…
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Space junk
via: Fast Company I like the symmetry in this infographic. The balance of black, grey and white, open and closed circles, and the open-wide font. A touch of bold wouldn’t go a miss somewhere me thinks. Perhaps more than loving the image completely it reminds me of all the research I did for a joke…
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It’s plane genius!
via: Fast Company I want to fly on this plane. I also want the opportunity to identify other things that need a similar treatment: My car engine – what the hell is all that stuff in there? My laser printer – everything looks like a drawer that opens…except when I just want to change the…
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Presentation (not .ppt) about Data Vis, Info Des, Info Graphic et al
via Fast Company 5 minutes of your time for a relatively snappy and engaging view about the power of the visual by Alex Lundry. This is a perfect case for the designers job to understand, filter, translate so that users have the power for knowledge development in their hands (eyes and brains) to navigate through…
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Why staplers run out before you’ve finished
These staples are free-standing so the image is extra mesmerising. There’s something about a full stack of staples – like a full tank of gas. You can take on the world when your machine is full. via: Daily Icon
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Victorian information design par excellence
Great collection of Victorian charts and graphics at BibliOdyssey. Also see Minard’s cartography and Flo Nightingales ‘Coxcombs’
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Lord of the Rings and Napolean interactive marches
Top: Charles Joseph Minard’s depiction of Napolean’s losses during his ill-fated march in Russia Bottom: Randall Munroe’s (xkcd) depiction of Wizards, Men, Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs and Dwarves adventure-filled march in Middle Earth.