data visualisation (7)

The cover of the book We Feel Fine, with the words formed from the color of a dense data visualization

Are we still feeling fine?

It’s been well over a decade since Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar created the We Feel Fine project. This book of the project is from 2009 but the work started way back in 2005 when they first built the system and started to collect the…

The cover of Experiments in "Time Distance Map": Diagram Collection

The Glorious Data Visualisations of Kohei Sugiura

It's taken me a while to post this and I know a few people have been eager to see the contents, so here it is: 『時間のヒダ、空間のシワ … [時間地図]の試み: 杉浦康平ダイアグラムコレクション』 or Experiments in "Time Distance Map": Diagram Collection by Kohei Sugiura I saw this on the…

3 postcards with large letraset letters added on the landscapes they feature

Aaron Marcus and Letraset

Reading Aaron Marcus' interview in Letraset The DIY Typography Revolution reminded me that a while back I took a few pictures of his work when on a visit to the Letterform Archive. They have a large amount of his work, which includes plenty of his Letraset…

Cover of W.A. Dwiggins: A Life In Design featuring a portrait of him, all devilish grin and white quiff hair

Celebrating W.A Dwiggins, the first "graphic designer"

Before you pounce on me for the title, I know he wasn't the first ever person to practice the various crafts that make up graphic design. But William Addison Dwiggins was exceptionally talented in all things graphic design - illustration, typography, book design, calligraphy, layout, advertising,…

The cover of the Graphis annual Graphis Diagrams with a pseudo visualisation on red lines on the cover

Graphis Diagrams - 1974 data visualisation

I've been after a copy of Graphis Diagrams ed. Walter Herdeg (Graphis, 1974) for years. Always hoped I'd find it in a second hand book store, alas in the end I snagged it on Amazon Marketplace. It's had the edges 'repaired' or at least protected with…

a white and red star map, but instead of constellations it's horror movies

Poster goodness from Dorothy

Despite having limited wall space, I can't resist posters and prints. I recently discovered Dorothy (http://www.wearedorothy.com/) and oh boy what a treasure trove. After much deliberation I managed to limit myself to these three posters: But this one is so on my radar for my…

Issue 1 of the  The Office for Creative Research journal

Issue 1 of The Office for Creative Research's journal

This was an absolute must for me. Not least because I'm a print and design obsessive but also because I work in the data visualisation and analytics field. And it didn't disappoint! Beautiful. A lovely piece of design from The Office for Creative Research (o-c-r.org) . Best of all the…

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