Archive for the ‘Design’ category

Webby Nominees: 911

May 15th, 2009

Porsche won the People’s Voice Webby award in the Automotive category due to their breathtaking app. Makes me want to go buy one already! (Well, that was true before I saw the app!)

My Favorites: Photo Blogs

May 14th, 2009

I was asked recently from a friend which Photography websites (and blogs) I found helpful, being the pretty-new-to-photography amateur. It’s difficult to separate some photography sites from design sites, so you may see a mix here. Anyway, enough with the preamble… Here are the home sites — you’ll find the link to their RSS feeds there: » Read more: My Favorites: Photo Blogs

Microsoft’s vision of the future

March 2nd, 2009

Want to see how Microsoft envisions the future? Check out this video. A lot of attention to the visual aspect, to be sure, and a lot of isometric displays, glass-panels, and data transfers between different hardware elements. Is this a realistic vision? How close are we? [Source: istartedsomething.com]

Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

January 17th, 2009

Ralph Lengler and Martin Eppler show a variety of many different visualization methods, arranged as a periodic table. Six categories differentiate the various entries by visualization type: Data, Information, Concept, Strategy, Metaphor, and Compound: http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html (version 1.5; no date).

Make sure you mouse over the “elements” to see samples and learn more! Great idea!

Choosing a good chart…

January 17th, 2009

Found a great decision graph on how to pick the right chart type for your next presentation(s): http://extremepresentation.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/choosing_a_good.html

Writen by Andrew Abela, it displays visually how to choose (what he thinks is) the best type of graph for a particular need. Clear, concise, and useful, it’s a good way to get started. The comments have some other ideas and pages with similar info.