The news of Steve Jobs passing yesterday has been followed by a great flood of testimonials, eulogies and obituaries. Yet with the ink still drying from a similar outpouring of analysis from 6 weeks or so ago, when Jobs announced his departure from Apple, much of the narrative has already been well versed. One interesting piece of analysis […]
“Dullards who believe a distinction between style and subtance” Read More »
A couple of months ago I launched my appeal for data visualisation stories from around the world. The purpose of this series is to invite designers, journalists, academics, bloggers, analysts or just simply residents, from as many different countries as possible, to illuminate the rest of us with their observations about the visualisation scene in
Data visualisation stories from… India, by Ananth Mani Read More »
A couple of months ago I launched my appeal for data visualisation stories from around the world. The purpose of this series is to invite designers, journalists, academics, bloggers, analysts or just simply residents, from as many different countries as possible, to illuminate the rest of us with their observations about the visualisation scene in
Data visualisation stories from… Brazil, by Alberto Cairo Read More »
Two posts from different feeds have combined to inspire me to ask this question and find out, from those of you out there who do design work, what working environments and workspaces you perform in. Firstly, I saw this review of a standing desk on Core77. I’m at the beginning of the tiresome process of selling
Send me a pic of your design workspace! Read More »
I feel compelled to share and briefly discuss this, even though it is getting plenty of column inches already via Twitter/blogs. It is an infographic published on visual.ly and produced for Microsoft to promote their cloud computing in the Asia Pacific.
Can a graphic be SO bad it starts to become good? Read More »
Last week I published a review of Visualize This, the new visualisation book and I’m continuing on the review trail today but this time its about a very different subject. The 3M PocketProjector MP180 is a gadget that will be extremely useful to any visualisation or design professionals who need a hyper-portable presentation solution. I was
Gadget Review – The 3M PocketProjector MP180 Read More »
Most people reading this post will be very familiar with Nathan Yau’s popular FlowingData blog. For several years it has existed as one of the absolute go-to hubs for visualisation content, news, tutorials and exhibits as the field has enjoyed a remarkable boom, evolving from a somewhat fringe pursuit to something which now penetrates the
Book review – Visualize This, by Nathan Yau Read More »
A few weeks ago I published details of a data visualisation contest I had been invited to judge on. This was in relation to the then-topical issue of the population of black students at the UK’s elite universities. The winner of this contest was announced last week and I caught up with Swiss designer Raphaël
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This is a follow-up post to my ninth article in the Visualisation Insights series which I published earlier this week. The purpose of this companion series is to optimise the learning opportunities from each insights article, reflecting on the ideas, issues and observations to emerge. Why did I choose this subject? I’ve been fortunate to
Visualisation Reflections: #9 Visual Journalist Read More »
This is the ninth article in my Visualisation Insights series. The purpose of this series is to provide readers with unique insights into the field of visualisation from the different perspectives of those in the roles of designer, practitioner, academic, blogger, journalist and all sorts of other visual thinkers.
Visualisation Insights: #9 Visual Journalist Read More »