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Information Design

Ran across a few great design patterns resources this week that I want to share with everyone.  They give me something to refer to when I’m doing wireframes, and sometimes I share them with clients when we’re trying to determine how to display content that’ll be most pleasing to their audience.  Please enjoy!
From the “Designing [...]

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“I love this site,” says Yeakel as she clicks through bar charts of her family’s energy use. “I called PPL and said, ‘Did you design this for me?’ Because I’m one of these people who love to know where my dollars [are] going and how can I save.”
How fabulous.
In a story on NPR today, Tammy [...]

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Cool infographics coupled with excellent, compelling art. Very modern (and perhaps adult) style coupled with the classic fairy tale. Attention to detail has me wondering how long this took to create.
Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.
Children’s fairy tales are really quite morbid, are they not? Grandma’s 10,000 calories?
(I’m [...]

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I’ve previously noted my appreciation of a good infographic [The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008 (Information Design), Dec. 29, 2008].  Nevertheless, while a good infographic about movies is a fun romp through pop culture, none is so appropriate and powerful than the one which educates.
We know that there are [...]

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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 the bastion of fantastic infographics, the [...]

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