Mapping the Creative Process

 Mapping the Creative Process

Damn good stuff they make, wish they were more prolific in their creation but they are well
worth the wait. How appropriate then their next one is the Creative Process. I'm sure we all
think things can be included but they have pretty much nailed it. I am sure it will be doing the blog rounds as it is well deserved, but as from the blogs I am fed and try to digest from google reader it hasnt yet, so lets start the ball rolling.

Share with your many more readers than mine and explore their versatile and equally clear 'back catalogue'.


I tell you, the amount of posters I want to print so big and put up in a classroom, Periodic table of Typefaces, this, Periodic Table of Design, psd-poster - shortcuts by designbyvent, Type Timeline Map... and I'd be tempted with Periodic Table of Visualisation Methods, Information Aesthetics Diagram.

Here's what they say,

'The creative process is not just iterative; it’s also recursive. It plays out “in the large” and “in the small”— in defining the broadest goals and concepts and refining the smallest details. It branches like a tree, and each choice has ramifications, which may not be known in advance.

Recursion also suggests a procedure that “calls” or includes itself. Many engineers
define the design process as a recursive function:

discover > define > design > develop > deploy


The creative process involves many conversations—about goals and actions to achieve them—conversations with co-creators and colleagues, conversations with oneself.
The participants and their language, experience, and values affect the conversations'.

http://www.dubberly.com/concept-maps

Download PDF - http://www.dubberly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ddo_creative_process.pdf

check out their model of innovation concept map,

Innovation concept map by hugh dubberly , Sean Durham, Ryan Reposar, Paul Pangaro, and Nathan Felde

More here:
A Model of The Creative Process
A Model of Play

How Organizations Track Customers

Domain Name Map

Web Trend Map 09

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It is here, just noticed it here at Benjamin Wiederkehr and Christian Siegrist: www.datavisualization.ch/

looks really good. IA's previous versions were very good, and they have managed
to improve upon them.

loved the isometric, but they have given it further depth like the tubes and it
has the level of popularity with the height dimension explored.

I like how they have brought in the people symbols/isotypes walking in this
new geographic terrain of the web similar to what was done on this

http://visualthinkmap.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2168552%3APhoto%3A2498

I think it is a great improvement, not that it needed it. wish i knew how to
say 'brilliant, thanks' in japanese.

from here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/formforce/3409362834/

previous version here:

Web Trend Map 2008 Beta
Also check out this:
Subway Blogs Map
Oxfam Tube Map
Snack on my Maps
Eustace Tilley Subway by Alberto Forero (2008)

Useful recent link/posts I have noticed.

InfoVis design tests. by brad paley

The Importance of colour in data visualization

An Introduction to Visualising Data pdf by Joel Laumans. an excellant beginners
guide, well designed


Havard Info Visualisation Course

Cartographic Shapes

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this is a great application for facebookm, called Geo Challenge. helps you learn your countries/geography starting off with just the shape and fading in the ajoining/nearby countries to help you realise the paticularly country. they have a round for flags, and cities (usually guessing myself) placing where they are on the world map.

great game and great tool for learning. it helps me with my pathetic knowledge of world geography/cities, although i'm not that bad at flags.


also look at this noisy britain - ben terret excellant post by strange maps.