Here are some good information design resources that may help into the recent information design subjects...
Blogs etc
The base list was complied while I was coordinating the Swinburne National Institute of Design Research NIDR masters of multimedia design course.
http://infosthetics.com/
form follows data - data visualization & visual culture...
Inspired by Manovich's definition of information aesthetics, this weblog explores the symbiotic relationship between creative design and the field of information visualization, in an emergent multidisciplinary field what could be coined as 'creative information visualization'.
This is a fantastic resource for Information Designers dealing with rich data analysis and a variety of treatments.
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
Junk Charts...
Where has this site on chart design been hiding? For those infodesign junkies out there, you won't be disappointed. Visit Junk Charts!
http://junkcharts.typepad.com/
Edward Tufte - famous for the design aesthetics of Data and Information.
http://www.edwardtufte.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte
PowerPoint Is Evil Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.
Article by Edward Tufte
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html
Pixels Are The New Pies
An interesting infographic trend: Square blocks of color are now being used to represent percentage-based statistics instead of the traditional pie chart. Some recent examples are shown here.
http://www.dashes.com/anil/2007/07/pixels-are-the-new-pies.html
Blog oneplusoneequalsthree.com with a great Information Design section
by Andrew Haig http://www.panghaig.com
http://www.oneplusoneequalsthree.com/information_design/index.html
More about useabiltiy, but interesting ideas and resources all the same...
We are seasoned practitioners, authors, speakers, and teachers. We are native to the Web and business savvy.
http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/
First there was the visual thesaurus, then there was the hive group, now when you combine the two ideas you get liquid 2D scatter space in my opinion. There's a nice quicktime vid and other info tidbits to chew on
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
http://www.hivegroup.com/
liquid browsing is a very important interaction technology
originating from the "iworld" knowledge browsing concept.
the so called "liquid 2D scatter space" is one of the many
visual interactive spaces (ispaces) of the iworld visualzation
modules.
http://www.infoverse.org/l2dsspace/
via http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/
Mid Terms - Election Night Graphs
http://www.subtraction.com/archives/200 … on_nig.php
If you’re looking for the inside scoop on the info design’s at the New York Times website, click over to Subtraction. This is the culmination of lots of intensive work by the design group, the editorial group and the technology group, and it’s just really cool to see it live. As a great man once said, “I love it when a plan comes together.”
http://www.subtraction.com/
More Election night graphics .37signals
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/102- … t-graphics
This is Signal vs. Noise, a weblog by 37signals about entrepreneurship, design, experience, simplicity, constraints, pop culture, our products, products we like, and more. Established 1999 in Chicago.
New Orleans based advertising firm Peter Mayer created this interactive data visualization site entitled Lives Connected to coincide with the end of hurricane season. It’s an interesting experiment, and ended up being quite the repository documenting the experiences of Hurricane Katrina and the people affected by it. The interface they built allows you to access 44 different peoples video-taped stories, and then connect each person by thematic association. For example Bill M. is connected to 8 others for saying he ‘feels fortunate’, while Sonya L. is connected to 12 others for talking about her pets. Fascinating to see the stories of survivors shared this way!
http://www.livesconnected.com/
The Importance of User Experience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryce/106972762/
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=58299511&size=l
This was a fun diagram to work on. Frank Spillers, of Experience Dynamics saw my earlier Flickr diagrams and wanted to commission something similar with some general usability and user experience concepts.
The idea was to emphasize the readability and approachability of the subject matter (keep it fun!) and not overload the map with too many concepts. Hence, this piece: "The Importance of User Experience." (Used here with permission.)
The best part of this diagram, for me, was collaborating with Frank, who's an enthusiastic and dang bright guy.
http://flickr.com/photos/bryce/tags/flickr
Update!: Experience Dynamics has made this diagram available as a poster-size print, perfect for hanging in your office, cube or team-area. Visit their site for ordering information:
OR THIS
John Parker's mix of my Mac SE tune "Streetsong," and my mix of his mix. Incorporating a famous drum lock groove.
http://tommoody.us/audio/oct06/beatupstreet_tom.mp3
The chart doesn't really apply to this song, because there's very little Mac SE in it. But it describes the working method for most of the other tunes we're doing.
Is this the newest Net Art Diagram?
http://rhizome.org/fp.rhiz?id=1292
To see the large Jpg od the chart, check this out...
http://www.linkoln.net/complex/complex- … iagram.jpg
Jakob's column on Web usability
http://www.useit.com/
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
STC Information Design SIG
http://www.stcsig.org/id/
boxes and arrows
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
iawiki
http://www.iawiki.net/
information design journal
http://www.benjamins.nl/idj/
informationdesign.org
http://www.informationdesign.org/
infodesign
http://www.bogieland.com/infodesign/
phd-design list
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/phd-design.html
usability sig
http://www.stcsig.org/usability/
usable web
http://usableweb.com/
User Experience design ideas etc - Look at the User Experience RSS feed
http://www.langemark.com/
Groups...
aiga experience design
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?Alias=experiencedesign
a(o).i.r
http://www.aoir.org/
asilomar institute for information architecture
http://www.aifia.org/
asis&t
http://www.asis.org/
sigchi
http://www.acm.org/sigchi/
society for technical communication
http://www.stc.org/
usability professionals association
http://www.upassoc.org/
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EGBG Counterscript | anti-telemarketing chart
Interesting idea of information design, well a process chart that brings the power into your hands...
Telemarketing seems rarer nowadays since there’s apparently a law against it. Still, you can beat these guys to the punch by using this hilarious counter-script against them. Now let’s see who drops the call first...
http://fak3r.com/2006/08/22/anti-telema … terscript/
EGBG Counterscript
http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html
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This may interest a few people
The Shape of Song is web-based software by New York-based digital artist Martin Wattenberg that has its own unique way of artistically interpreting MIDI files. You can load any MIDI song you can find on the Web into the interface (that's "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles pictured above), or pick one of the many songs already in the site's 648-piece repertoire, and it will visualize it for you by drawing translucent arches that correspond with various parts of the music.
Too bad you can't hear the music while it's doing the analyzing and drawing. Guess that will be coming in version 2.0. – Charlie White
The Shape of Song [Turbulence.org]
http://www.turbulence.org/Works/song/index.html
Chopin, Mazurka in F# Minor
The image illustrates the complex, nested structure of the piece.
Madonna, Like A Prayer
Pop music has its own style of repetition.
PDF of the Counterscript
http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/english/counters.pdf
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http://re-frame.info/blog/
Exploring the design of information and its impact on customer experience...
Why is this called ‘re-frame’?
Everyone has many frames of reference.
A frame of reference is the perspective from which something is observed, analysed and understood. People communicating with different frames of reference is the cause of many misunderstandings.
Understanding a person’s frame of reference is crucial to designing good experiences. The person whose frame of reference you need to understand could be:
a customer
a client
a friend
a colleague
anyone you interact with
Differing frames of reference also have a marked impact on customer experiences. For example:
Two people sit down and eat the same meal in the same restaurant at the same time. One person feels that he has had a great experience, the other feels that he has had a bad experience. How so?
They entered the experience (restaurant) with different frames of reference. The latter person frequently dines in high-end restaurants and perceived his meal to be poor relative to his past experiences. The former usually eats pre-packed meals and perceives his meal to be excellant relative to his past experiences.
How can different frames of reference affect your everyday experiences?
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Agency.com create the best/worst pitch ever
As part of a pitch, Subway asked agencies to provide them with a 5 minute video of their team. Agency.com created a 9 minute video and posted it on YouTube hoping that it would go viral. Most felt that they were selling themselves instead of Subway!
http://re-frame.info/blog/index.php/200 … y-account/
Mentos gets really smart by organizing a contest around the Diet Coke + Mentos Geyser videos all over Youtube. All qualified entries even get free Mentos gear! Perhaps Coke or Pepsi should get smart too…
http://www.youtube.com/group/mentosgeysercontest
via {theory is the reason...}
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I think you will love this site, the content and idea behind it is very interesting, but the information design, the way they sort out the information, and the amount of it is very interesting.... enjoy
OverPlot: It’s “Overheard in New York” on Steroids
Ecouterism is a variant of voyeurism that involves listening rather than seeing.
You can use ecouterism in a sentence as follows:
1. “Overheard in New York” is addictive enough to turn anyone into an ecouterist.
http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/
2. If “Overheard in New York” turns you into an ecouterist, then OverPlot will turn you into a homosexual ecouterist.
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/ … _york.html
http://persistent.info/overplot/
Damn it, that wasn’t funny. Anyway, thanks to Nat from OReily Radar, everyone who visits this link now faces a strong likelihood of unemployment.
On a personal note: Checking out the conversations around the city feels unreal, almost like playing a game and listening to NPCs.
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World Usability Day
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
World Usability Day fun continues. Here’s some more information about World Usability Day activities via an email from Clarissa Mattingly:
World Usability Day promotes the value of usability, user-centred design, and everyone’s desire for things that work better. This year, it will take place on Tuesday 14 November.
Over the course of 36 hours, events will be held around the globe. Last year, Sydney was among 70 cities in 30 countries which played host to free, public events. For each event, usability professionals dedicated a few hours of their time to get out the word that usability counts. Events included panel discussions, workshops, clinics, outdoor “scavenger hunts” and more. And the topics went beyond traditional web usability to cover product design, mobile devices, ergonomics and more.
There’s only 75 days to go, so make sure you get along to the planning day coming up on 1 September 2006. The planning day is all about getting things off the ground. Deciding what event will be, who will participate, where it will be held, and how it will be publicised. It’s crucial to the success of our event that it’s run by people from across our industry.
The informal get-together will be held at Different’s wharf-side offices in Pyrmont (see map)and starts at 4pm, Drinks and some delicious barbeque food will be available, as a small incentive for your participation!
If you would like to attend, please RSVP via clarissa.mattingly@different.com.au no later than COB Thursday 31 August 2006
And don’t forget to register your interest at the World Usability Day website!
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/registration
Go on then. Get involved!
