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EuroVisualisation

I saw this on InfoAesthetics.com , always brilliant. I need key with this, something telling me the douze points or zwolf points of which colours rather than just size so i can discern the order.

See a video here: http://visualthinkmap.ning.com/video/eurovisualisation-1 (the embed kept crashing explorer)

From blob.creanode.com/blob/eu2009 is a simple interactive visualization. Each country is represented by a circle. Moving over a specific country reveals who voted for that country and by how much.

Another Eurosong Contest Visualization and another EuroVision Contest Visualization (see 3rd example) @ InfoAesthetics.com

See tashian.com/wine-flavors/ (had a facelift with some category labels added).

Published on 2009/07/07 9:01 pm.
Filed under: circular, clean, interactive, pattern, simple, size

Geological time spiral

Geological time spiral
Originally uploaded by Ethan Hein

A fantastic image, much like one i posted last year.

http://visualthinkmap.blogspot.com/2008/06/evolution-of-life-visual.html

Published on 2009/07/07 2:22 am.
Filed under: Uncategorized

World at Work

work now by Romuald Dehio, Stefan Prins (Theo Deutinger Arch+) and Michael van
Schaik of restruct org

Z33 - Hasselt - 27 June till 25 September 2009

The project “World At Work” will be presented for the first time as physical machine in real space at the exhibition "Work Now" at the art center Z33 in Hasselt (Belgium).

The 2008/2009 Impakt Online Exhibition shows World at Work

The project the "World at Work" rediscovers the earth as ‘Time Machine’. Its rotation around
its own axis gives us our days and its course around the sun determines our earthly year. To achieve a higher degree of accuracy in organizing their life, humans divided one day in 24 hours and a year in 12 months. The acceleration of transport and information on a global scale, the introduction of time-zones became necessary at the end of the 19th century.

With "World at Work" we project the amount of inhabitants per time-zone onto the earth as ‘Time Machine’. By assuming that the average working day around the world is from 9.00am to 5.00 pm, we come to the conclusion that there is a strong imbalance in the distribution of workforce. One can almost talk about a day and night on earth.

The world as ‘Time Machine’ is visualized by its course around the sun (together with its three neighbour planets) and its spinning around its own axis. On top of its self-rotation a graph with the amount of inhabitants is projected. The third element of the visualisation is the addition of all the working population of one global working day and shows how many people are
working, relaxing or sleeping.

This visualisation is shown either in real time, or can be released and speeded up at the users will. All three parts of the visualisation are interconnected as programmed clockwork that shows time by mimicking reality.

Client: Impakt Online

Design Team: Theo Deutinger, Romuald Dehio, Stefan Prins

Programming: Michael van Schaik/restruct.org

credits to: Romuald Dehio, Stefan Prins and Michael van Schaik - restruct.org

with special thanks to: Michael Impakt Online & Sabine Niederer , Erling Haverkamp -
Imatech and Ronald van der Groef - Overwijn TS

from: http://td-architects.eu/?id=122

Published on 2009/07/02 9:02 pm.
Filed under: abstract, circular, creative, data, dynamic, light, time, ways of working

Manuel Lima | Visual Complexity Interview

Manuel Lima Visual Complexity from digup.tv on Vimeo.

Manuel's website has no doubt been an inspiration all in data visualisation and information graphics.

Manuel Lima is an interaction designer, information architect and design researcher. He currently works as a Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia's NextGen Software & Services in London. Manuel is also a frequent speaker in conferences and festivals around the world, on the topic of Information Visualization, in particular the visualization of complex networks. About

Visual Complexity VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines from Biology to Social Networks, and, to be a space that inspires, motivates and enlightens any person doing research on this field.

was only 22days ago it was posted. not overly posting, well his site and interview deserve the publicity even if it doesnt need it.

Published on 2009/07/02 8:44 pm.
Filed under: complex, information, innovative, interview, thoughts, visualisation