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The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008 (Information Design)

What I love most about a well-designed infographic is its ability to absorb me.   Getting lost inside the graphic’s features as I internalize the data and the lessons it teaches.  I’m captivated by the beauty and elgance of beautifully presented complex data sets.

Here’s another I found today over at… read more

Houston’s Restaurants Gratuity Guide (Everyday Usability)

I never know how much to tip. Which is to say, each time I enjoy a nice meal served by a waiter/waitress at a restaurant, the meal’s end finds me silently calculating – and worrying about – the tip.  How much isread more

Tylenol PSA Ad (Everyday Usability)

How novel! An ad for headache medicine that offers helpful information to avoid a common headache trigger. COMPLETE WITH DIAGRAM. For both PC users and those of us with Macs.

Simply fabulous.

My only additional comment would be on the unintended irony of the difficult to reading the “font size… read more