Yes I have been to the future (everything) and now I want to go Back to the #Futr! Wow, it was very good to say the least.
To see every issue of Nicholas Feltron's Annuals and to sound very sad touch a look through every one, see how they're bound was great. I sadly didnt make any of the talks I had planned. Although, I had the next best thing for one of them, the Icononomical Data and Infographics talk by Liz Turner I met by chance at the after show party having a healthy debate/chat about how data can be art as I and my co-curator collague of http://vism.ag/vol4 had inserted a business card for the mag in her hand.
She was curious and we eventually ended up looking through her presentation of the work she was going to show and hopefully managed to exchange/change each others opinion slightly to that of the one being the beauty and art of handmade in particular can enhance, add something to the graphic.
In the end it was late and we got turfed out of the free rasberry juice and gin party and we were imaging how fishing lines, pulleys and other ephmera that I'm sure would be quite a visualisation.
This was probably inspired no doubt by Hurrican Noel (above) which was a treat and reminds me off the mapping derby post recently. http://futureeverything.org/art/nathalie-miebach-a-duet-of-blizzards-and-hurricane-noel-ii/
My colleague attended much more of what the 4 days had to offer. He attended the fanzine convention at victoria baths, and there was some lovely zines made by OWT and others. Event | Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention
theshriekingviolets.blogspot.com
Also see: http://www.facebook.com/fanzines
Alas I am still not quite finished as I have yet to read the aftershow book/program that has a lovely gold foil of the futr everything logo, featured an article looking at data vis by Manuel Lima of VisualComplexity.com and Kevin Smith, whose studying for his phd at lancaster, the co-curator of the the Data Arts exhibition also wrote up about data vis. Very good to meet him and put the dots together of realising who each other was from following on twitter.
And last but not least, there is much more that I could say there was Zach Gage with some raelly interesting projects to talk about through his generative art and this one http://futureeverything.org/art/zach-gage-hit-counter/ shame it couldn't record as people detect its a lense like myself having to approach right up to it.
http://futureeverything.org/art/data-dimension/
Awesome. Loads I didnt quite manage to see. But hopefully all recorded.
Seen the futr
389 Type
I created the initial concept of this poster on the night of November 4th.
Inspired by Barack Obama's victory and struck with a sense of awe when realizing
the amount of hard fought progress that has been achieved in this country,
Iwanted to pay homage to this centuries long journey. The original graphic which
can be seen here, became very popular and spread all over the internet. Many people loved it and ask me to make a print.
While I initially created it rather spur of the moment and with no desire to
sell it as a poster, the graphic needed to be completelyoverhauled in order to
make it practical for printing. The original would have been 12 feet long. So I
took the opportunity to really refine the design and create a lasting piece.
There were also many additions to the time line that people suggested. This
poster is not a tally of African American achievements, rather it is a record of
progress and setbacks. While Obama's election is not the endgame of equality, it
is a magnificent example of what is truly possible.
I hope you enjoy it and that it reminds you of the shoulders we all stand upon
and the stained greatness of this nation and its people who have indeed,
overcome.
word cloud but it is conveying information and special attention was paid to the
type weight, size, and placement to convey subtext.'
can appreciate that would have been delicate and kind to the look of the type as
i'm sure there was some altering of tracking, leading etc.
but it is good to see an informative design that isnt just a word cloud that is
more often that not aloud to arrange itself. words in this have been placed,
arrranged, hierachy, no doubt edited with 'selective omission' as quentin newark
states in what is graphic design' (been reading recently for quotes to define
design)
from: http://www.wallstats.com/389yearsago/#about
cheers
jess
Quilted Information
leah evans is a textile artist based in madison, wisconsin. she makes quilts that are far from traditional. each piece features a map which is hand-sewn in fine detail forming an almost abstract pattern. evans uses appliqué, reverse appliqué, piecing, natural and synthetic dyeing, needle-felting, hand printing and a variety of embroidery to make each piece. she takes the imagery from maps, aerial photography and satellite images. however she doesn’t simply translate maps onto here quilts, instead she creates imaginary lands uses elements from
different maps.
Also equally interesting, not by leah, is with aesthetics relating to DNA and the Gnome is here
a series of quilt designs, based on genetic code. a square, bisected into a
light & dark triangle, is rotated in 4 orientations to resemble the letters
C, G, A & T, the 4 DNA bases.
also check this out: http://visualthinkmap.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2168552%3APhoto%3A1862
from here: http://feeds.infosthetics.com/~r/infosthetics/~3/386549417/genome_quilts.html
3d Calligram
brilliant. livre is book in french i think. very delicate/intricate stories being visualisaed in 3d calligram thorugh their own narrative in textual form.
very nice text visualisation. ok not necessarily functionable that you can read it, but its form is very good. also check out Mississippi Type Visual.
excellant.
see more images here:
via http://www.villiard.com/livres-art.html ;
from here: carto-infos.googlegroups.com
merci beaucoup Christophe Tricot
Visualisation Magazine
Visualization magazine volume 1 has a collection of 20 top examples that explore creative innovative modes of visual communication of information that i have featured at this site, plus other bits that will hopefully expand over time and member (you) would gratefully in time like to contribute, if you wanted.
Things like maps, diagrams, info graphics, mindmaps, brainstorms, sketchbooks,
notebooks, flowcharts, scientific visualization, process visualization etc. As I
say they are very good resources of inspiration for various design jobs as they
solve communication problems using easy to understand graphics. Seems a mouthful
but basically great graphics that look great (form) and communicate detailed
info quickly and easily (function).
http://issuu.com/visualthinkmap/docs/visualisationmagazinevol1
Information Aesthetics Diagram
From they're paper Towards a Model of Aesthetics in information Visualization, Andrea Lau & Andrew Vande Moere (who was previously quoted, see here) create this fantastic equilaterral triangular digram that helps understanding of the types of images, charts, art, design & much more.
Although I have yet to read this paper, this diagram investigates & structures the different types of mapping between the three poles of:
Aesthetics - Focus on visual style & experience
Data - Focus on representing abstract data sets
Interaction - Focus on user input & feedback
Regular readers will notice that this blog seeks to find some of the most creative & innovative (aesthetics) ways of visualising, mapping (hence I tend to call them visual maps) information (data).
I am also intersted the Interaction between users mentioned in the diagram such as the HCI (human computer interaction), explored really well by lauren bugeja in her research map, and taking into account the level of engagement of the graphics, GUI (graphic user interface) both in website design such as hierachy/composition, but also the graphics themselves beeing stimulating when dealing with interactive visualisations such as kartoo, visual acoustics or music plasma.
The higher engagement allows greater playfulness through more challenge, presenter control, and variety in a game for browsing, read here presentation visualisation by till voswinkel.
This diagram certainly gives a reader/user of this visual map/diagram a better awareness of how these interesting factors of info vis, data vis, art, design & graphics all coherently piece (reflected in its jigsaw syle puzzle) together.
Excellant, read the paper, as will I.
For further research into visualisation read, views on visualisation from eager eyes. Or see more papers co-written by andrew vande moere.
found here: http://visualmethods.blogspot.com/2007/09/information-and-aesthetics.html
Imagine Visual Thinking
Beautiful graphics, dooodles, animation visually interpreting the spoken narrative language of John Lennon.
38 years ago, Jerry Levitan, who was then only 14 years, managed to interview John Lennon, during his stay in Montreal. Starting recordings of the interview, filmmaker Josh Raskin has created an animation that reproduces, word for word, visual language, the arguments of John Lennon.
'A small gem that reminds me of the thematic map in motion' by Philippe David Boukobza.
It has nice literal interpretation of johns dialgoue. Lovely layered effects with varying zoom perspectives.
I am curious about a graphic of we all have hitler inside and we all have christ inside when referring to violence.
Also love the graphic of sounds/music literally within inside countries and beautiful organic changing from each individual world shape.
I agree philippe, fantastic gem from josh raskin and co.
Mapping Modernism
Not sure how I found the link but i discovered this intersting little timeline map of modernism. Colourful, capturing your atttention thorugh key with a soft white and grey column background to help seperate each individual year from 1910 - 1950.
Mapping Modernism charts 10 of the influencial designers for the period where you can scroll horizontally to see where these designers were at a point in time & click on the time bars to find out more like a concept map (scroll down for description). You can also see a designer's biography by clicking on their name. Some of the ones I know of being:
Serge Chermayeff
Theo Van Doesburg - De Stijl
E. McKnight Kauffer - his tessalating birds illustration for the underground ads.
& Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Simliar to my type timeline map.
The exhibition Modernism: Designing a brave New World - 1914 - 1939 was 'the first exhibition to explore the concept of Modernism in depth, rather than restricting itself, as previous exhibitions have, to particular geographical centres or to individual decades. Many forms of art and design are represented in the show. But as befits a period when the debates surrounding how people should live took centre stage, the exhibition focuses on architecture and design. The range of objects – including architectural, interior, furniture, product, graphic and fashion design as well as painting, sculpture, film, photography, prints, collage – reflects the period's emphasis on the unity of the arts and the key role of the fine arts in shaping contemporary visual culture'.
Some of these objects include the Club Chair by Marcel Breuer from the Bauhaus under Walter Gropius's leadership. But also the more graphic genius of Hary Beck's Underground Map that has spawned so many more stylised variations in 1933.
Great Mapping.
Found here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1331_modernism/mapping_modernism.html
Type Timeline Map 2
Type Timeline half2
Originally uploaded by visual think map
It was inspired from Stefan Thermerson 'Kurt Schwitters on a time Chart' featured in the brilliant Typographica NS no. 14, December, 1966 edited by Herbert Spencer (Typographica by Rick Poynor 2001).
Periodic Table of Visualisation Methods
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Its interactive, you hover over the elements charted and it gives you an example of the creative data/information visualisation method.
For instance my last post Type Timeline Map would be the element T and is usually just an overview, although I tried to put as much detail in as I could, and is classed as an Information Visualisation. They're all there and more Mind Maps, Flow Charts all divided into categories.
It is another great subversion of design styles with soft pastel colours. The original Periodic Table transformed into Visual Thinking Elements is fantastic. Gives creativity and design this much needed scientific perspective as many data/info visualisations are bordering on the discipline of Science.
This isn't the first periodic table subversion, Simon Patterson not surprisingly in 'Rhodes to Reason' (1995) featured in Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems has done this too. Simliar to his other Beck Tube map 'The Great Bear' (1992) subversion he takes actors names initials Sc for sean connery as an element and many other diverse individuals.
I first saw this Periodic Table of Visualisation methods featured among Jeff Bennett's Visualisation Taxonomy at his site visualthinkmedia.com. I then found it featured at Dave Davison's blog IQP which is when I discovered the full magnitude of its brilliance.
Excellant work by Ralph Lengler and Martin J. Eppler @
visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html