I am very much into all things related to structuring information & visual storytelling. So it is exciting to hear…
Book Review: Mapping Manhattan (Abrams Books)
Maps are a means to store and communicate location-based data – from physical landscape information to climate data, from popular…
Book Review: Generative Logos
Even though tools like “Processing” have been out there for a while, computational design is still a rather new strand…
Inspiration: Interactive Network Graph from MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is a fascinating brand name in the museum world. Since it…
Inspiration: Wind map by Viégas & Wattenberg
Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas have been working in data visualisation for many years now and are currently leading Google’s…
Inspiration: “Secret Universe” George Widener exhibition
The American artist George Widener is an expert of numbers. Being diagnosed with an Asperger’s syndrome, he possesses an extraordinary…
Inspiration: Google Chrome Experiment “OZ”
In their quest to explore opportunities arising from the latest web technologies, Google has released a new experiment for their…
Inspiration: “Onezoom” tree of life
So, as everyone talks about big data and everyone’s putting together large structured databases: How do you actually USE this…
Book: “Information Graphics”
Boom! I cannot exaggerate my excitement about the release of my first book “Information Graphics”, which I put together with a great team from Taschen Publishing in Cologne. The project was a collaboration with great people from the scene of data visualisation and information graphics.
