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This is a near-final version, with a different colour scheme. Also, the layout on the page is not finalized. The application that I built allows the 'hair balls' of dots to be placed anywhere on the page.
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What does the DNA of a nation look like?
This is the question I wanted to explore with my visualization of data associated with the UK's National DNA Database, which I built for the July issue of Wired UK.
The final graphic is composed of more than 5 million dots - one for each profile stored in the NDNAD. This graphic was constructed using a custom-written software program that I wrote.
For more information, visit my blog - blog.blprnt.com
Built with Processing (http://www.processing.org)
O diretor de arte Fabrício Miranda e a editora Karin Hueck, da revista Superinteressante, me convidaram pra trabalhar com eles em um projeto de visualização de dados sobre cores na história da pintura.
A ideia era representar graficamente as paletas de artistas mais representativos de cada período e, a partir disso, descobrir possíveis semelhanças entre artistas de uma mesma época, diferenças entre os períodos — e mesmo confirmar ou refutar o que teorias da arte dizem sobre essas cores.
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci
Primeiros esboços de organização das 3 dimensões das cores: a partir da posição na imagem original, em um eixo X/Y ou em 3D.
O desafio para representar as paletas era descobrir um jeito de reorganizar as cores em uma ordem lógica. Isso é especialmente problemático em um plano 2D, já que cada cor é composta de 3 elementos: matiz, brilho e saturação — você não precisa ler o clássico de Israel Pedrosa, Da cor à cor inexistente, para descobrir isso. Basta abrir o photoshop e experimentar os controles do menu Image/Adjutments/HueSaturation para entender cada uma delas.
Infográfico para a revista Superinteressante de junho de 2012. Direção de arte de Fabrício Miranda e edição de texto de Karin Hueck.
Feito com Processing.
Até 2030, a maioria dos humanos pertencerá à classe média. Eles partilham sonhos de consumo, apenas dos níveis de renda tão diferentes.
O gráfico mostra qual é a faixa de rende que cada país considera como classe média.
É legal ver como isso muda de país pra país.
E esse dado ainda está cruzado com a população de classe média que isso representa para cada país.
Created by Professor Alasdair Rae using OS OpenData. Find out more at: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/05/scottish-highlands-...
Revista Época edição 707. Crédito: Marco Vergotti e Marcelo Moura (texto). Cada raio representa um medalhista do Pan. Quanto maior a linha, mais longe o atleta está do ouro olímpico, (mesmo tendo subido 48 vezes ao alto do pódio no Pan do México) tendo por base sua posição no ranking mundial.
Versão online por Gerardo Rodriguez: revistaepoca.globo.com/Primeiro-Plano/noticia/2011/12/dis...
Data Vksualization Summit
Boston, September 25-26, 2014
Presented by The Innovation Enterprise
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Sketchnotes of Dimitris Agrafiotis
#dataviz2014
Created by Professor Alasdair Rae using OS OpenData. Find out more at: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/05/scottish-highlands-...
Our GeoDataViz team have been virtually exploring and comparing the landscapes with OS data and created a poster to showcase Great Britain's 78 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Scenic Areas (NSAs).
Take a look at the blog: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/07/using-data-to-explo...
I spent the weekend printing a limited edition, silk-screened print for Random Number Multiples. This print, one of two to be included in the edition, is a stylized radial graph of word usage in the New York Times. My two prints will be included in an edition with two prints from Marius Watz.
Prints are editions of 50, and will be available exclusively through Random Number for $100 each. The online store launches the first week of February and there will be an exhibition showcasing both artists’ work on February 11 in Brooklyn. It will be a great opportunity to see the screen prints framed and in person if you’re in the NY area.
Pre-orders can be placed by contacting info@randomnumber.nu
Nextel Direct Connect®
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BlackBerry push technology for email and messaging
Get all of your email in one place wirelessly. Receive emails from your corporate and personal email accounts.
Embedded Wi-Fi Capable
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network isn’t complicated. With the Wi-Fi feature engaged, the device locates available networks. With the right one selected and correct password entered the connection is complete. Once a network is set up, the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone can reconnect automatically whenever the device is in range.
Group Connect
Users can instantly connect a group of people nationwide - all at once - with the Group Connect service. Click here to learn more about this service.
Talk Group
A Blackberry smartphone user can make group calls using Push to Talk with the TalkGroup feature. To make or receive a group call, you must be a member of TalkGroup. All members of the TalkGroup can speak or listen during a group call, but only one member can speak at a time.
2.0 MP Camera
2.0 MP digital camera featuring a 5x digital zoom, flash and video recording.
Micro SD Card slot
1GB MicroSD card included give you the room you need for larger work files, presentations, reports, documents or fun files like photos and music.
Bluetooth 2.0 Technology
Fast and secure transmission without cables or wires
GPS capable
Allows you to view your geographic location and works with BlackBerry maps as well as other location-based services.
Media Player
Features a media player with stereo headset jack, so you can play video and music files youve downloaded.
Integrated Attachment Viewing
View attachments in popular file formats such as Microsoft® Office Word, Excel® and PowerPoint®.
DataViz® Documents to Go®
Pre-loaded software makes it easy to edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations directly on the phone.
Full Messaging Capabilites
Instant Messaging and SMS Text Messaging.
Internal Antenna
Improves design appeal and durability.
Speakerphone
Enjoy easy, hands free communication with a speakerphone that lets you hear callers loud and clear.
Brilliant Color display
Vibrant TFT display with 65K colors and 320 x 240 resolution.
Virtual Preloads
Pocket Express, Sprint Software Store, Navigation, BIZ Apps, AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo IM, NFL Mobile, NASCAR Mobile.
Voice Command and Voice Activated Dialing
The Built-in speaker independent voice command lets you use your voice to look up contacts, place phone calls and get key information from your device.
1400 mAh Battery
ZoomCharts is offering data visualization tools to support presenters at the Cyber Threats World Summit 2015, taking place May 15th, 2015 at the Lalit Mumbai, Sahar Airport Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400059, India.
Check out what you can do with ZoomCharts charts and graphs at zoomcharts.com
ZoomCharts is a leading data visualization provider, offering the world’s most interactive data visualization software with fully interactive charts and graphs that support big data sets, work with all mobile devices, and perform at incredibly fast speeds. Be among the growing number of professionals discovering the exciting potential that ZoomCharts has in improving the efficiency of data analysis and presentation.
The third annual Cyber Threats World Summit brings together national and international cyber security experts and professionals to understand the nature of cyber attacks. Cyber security is an important subject, as India is the third most vulnerable country in the world to cyber attacks.
It is an event in the interest of professionals such as Senior Management, Policy Makers, Business Owners, Procurement Specialists, Board Management, CEOs, CTOs, CFOs, IT Executives, Mobile App Developers, Accountants, and Lawyers, among many others.
Be a part of the conference that will highlight critical aspects of next generation cyber threats, in sectors such as Telecom and IT, Banking & Financial services, Defense, Government, Legal, Transportation, and more.
Learn how to cope with emerging and continuing cyber threats that have seen increases in volume, from sources such as hostile governments, terrorist groups, disgruntled employees, malicious intruders, and malware, with the opportunity to discuss ways to secure the cyber space of the future in order to ensure financial security and business continuity.
Check out ZoomCharts products:
Network Chart
Big network exploration
Explore linked data sets. Highlight relevant data with dynamic filters and visual styles. Incremental data loading. Exploration with focus nodes.
Time Chart
Time navigation and exploration tool
Browse activity logs, select time ranges. Multiple data series and value axes. Switch between time units.
Pie Chart
Amazingly intuitive hierarchical data exploration
Get quick overview of your data and drill down when necessary. All in a single easy to use chart.
Facet Chart
Scrollable bar chart with drill-down
Compare values side by side and provide easy access to the long tail.
ZoomCharts
The world’s most interactive data visualization software
#zoomcharts #interactive #data #visualization #charts #graphs #bigdata #dataviz #CyberThreats #Mumbai #India #Lalit #cyber #security #web # Telecom #IT #Banking #Financial #Defense #Government #Legal #Transportation
Near the end of the summer, I was asked by the publishers of Popular Science magazine to produce a visualization piece that explored the archive of their publication. PopSci has a history that spans almost 140 years, so I knew there would be plenty of material to draw from. Working with Mark Hansen, I ended up making a graphic that showed how different technical and cultural terms have come in and out of use in the magazine since it's inception.
Our GeoDataViz team have been virtually exploring and comparing the landscapes with OS data and created a poster to showcase Great Britain's 78 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Scenic Areas (NSAs).
Take a look at the blog: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/07/using-data-to-explo...
We celebrated Adam’s birthday in style in uptown Oakland, across from the historic Fox Theater. We dined at Duende (spanish for ‘passion’), feasting on tasty tapas and paellas with with him Dani and Phyllis. Phyllis gave him a lovely handmade birthday card showing him as a dataviz priest with rings of digital bits. And I gave him ‘Unflattening’, an inspiring comic book on how we construct knowledge through multiple viewpoints.
Adam has grown into a fine young man over the years, which makes me very happy. He’s developed just the right mix of passion and reason -- and he’s an inspiration to me. I hope he can keep following his bliss in the next chapter of his life. Joyeux anniversaire, Adam!
Um levantamento inédito sobre o tamanho do funcionalismo público revela por que o Estado Brasileiro funciona mal. Só cargos de confiança há 600 mil...
Revista Época 852 - Crédito: Marco Vergotti (infografia e design de matéria), Tiago Mali (infografia), Marcos Coronato e Aline Imércio (texto), Imagens ThinkStock
March 17th is Saint Patrickâs Day, a day that marks the death of the patron saint of Ireland, and which has also in the last few years evolved into a day where non Irish folk can âbecomeâ Irish with a series of odd traditions.
Where it was originally marked as a religious feast day where Lenten fasting observations were temporarily lifted to commemorate Saint Patrick, the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and Irish heritage and culture, Saint Patrickâs Day is now affectionately associated with activities such as going to a pub or bar with a group of friends, drinking copiously, particularly items laced with green food colouring such as those thoroughly enticing/disgusting green beer concoctions, reciting clichéd Irish sayings in poor impersonations of Lucky Charmsâ Lucky the Leprechaun, wearing plastic leprechaun hats, felt leprechaun hats, and t shirts that say things like, âEveryone loves an Irish girl/guyâ, âKiss me, Iâm Irish,â or âIrish I were drunk,â and generally not remembering much of it the next day.
If youâre not into any of these Saint Patrickâs Day âtraditionsâ, there are many other things you can do to celebrate the Irish culture and still feel great on March 18th while everyone else nurses coconut water and Gatorade and swears that they are never drinking again.
There are plenty of food options that are green by nature and donât involve using your entire pantryâs supply of green food colouring, and which are actually really healthy for you, too! Indulge in a spinach and kale smoothie for breakfast, add some grilled asparagus to your dinner, avocados in your salad, kiwi in your fruit salad, or enjoy a delicious cup of matcha green tea at snack time.
Make a U2 playlist. Even if you arenât Bonoâs biggest fan doesnât mean you canât rock out to In the Name of Love.
After your U2 dance party, kick back with your green food treats and enjoy a Netflix marathon with episodes of The Fall, a TV series that is part crime drama, part psychological thriller which is set in Belfast, Ireland, and which features the increasingly popular Irish actor Jamie Dornan of 50 Shades of Grey fame.
Happy St. Patrickâs Day from all of us at ZoomCharts! We hope itâs an enjoyable one, no matter how you choose to celebrate!
Check out ZoomCharts products:
Network Chart
Big network exploration
Explore linked data sets. Highlight relevant data with dynamic filters and visual styles. Incremental data loading. Exploration with focus nodes.
Time Chart
Time navigation and exploration tool
Browse activity logs, select time ranges. Multiple data series and value axes. Switch between time units.
Pie Chart
Amazingly intuitive hierarchical data exploration
Get quick overview of your data and drill down when necessary. All in a single easy to use chart.
Facet Chart
Scrollable bar chart with drill-down
Compare values side by side and provide easy access to the long tail.
ZoomCharts
The worldâs most interactive data visualization software
#zoomcharts #interactive #data #datavisualization #charts #graphs #bigdata #dataviz #StPatrick #StPaddys #StPatricksDay #SaintPatrick #SaintPatricksDay #LuckyCharms #LuckytheLeprechaun #leprechaun #U2 #Bono #Netflix #Belfast #Ireland #TheFall #JamieDornan #50ShadesofGrey
Our GeoDataViz team have been virtually exploring and comparing the landscapes with OS data and created a poster to showcase Great Britain's 78 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Scenic Areas (NSAs).
Take a look at the blog: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/07/using-data-to-explo...
Our GeoDataViz team have been virtually exploring and comparing the landscapes with OS data and created a poster to showcase Great Britain's 78 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Scenic Areas (NSAs).
Take a look at the blog: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/07/using-data-to-explo...
Created by Professor Alasdair Rae using OS OpenData. Find out more at: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2020/05/scottish-highlands-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECub4tpRaic
ZoomCharts Co-Founder and CEO Janis Volbergs gave a well received presentation at a UI/UX meetup event to talk about the array of progressive ZoomCharts features available today and the great things the team is coming up with for the near future.
Check out this overview of Volbergsâ presentation to discover why ZoomCharts is a world leader in interactive data visualization software:
The name of our product is ZoomCharts, and what we are producing is ZoomCharts SDK, which is the worldâs most interactive data software. We are a new startup established in Latvia just last year. The product, since March of this year, is available for purchase and has been purchased by many different customers from all over the world. The actual product is entirely new data visualization software development GIT, which puts in the center not the technology, but the person sitting behind the device that every one of us has in the pockets; users of mobile phones, users of iPads.
We wanted to make such a development toolkit that would allow developers to create interfaces that make it easy to access data, to analyze data, to interact with data. We are not a library that lets you create a chart, we are a library that lets you create an interface that then engages the user into an immersive, interactive data exploration venture.
To give you an idea of what sort of visualizations you can achieve using our development kit, we have products like the network chart. The network chart lets you visualize different networks of data, whether they are social networks, whether they are Internet of things networks. All of that you can visualize on any device you have, basically, whether itâs an iPhone, iPad, notebook, or touch TV. The interactive time chart lets you access big data with time and explore what happens within specific areas of that data without using any other interface component. We have also reinvented the pie chart and the facet chart.
What makes our SDK unique? First of all, itâs built to make data navigation engaging, so it wonât be just a boring chart or boring interface. It will be interesting for people to actually use your software that would include a ZoomCharts application. We also know that most of you like the performance of the application, so we put a lot of effort in creating this development kit such that it will be super nice looking and super fast on most contemporary devices. We have also added different aspects of how you can visualize different data in a compelling way. And for those of you who already have some applications or products, ZoomCharts helps you sell your product because when we show our products to actual consumers, when they see the interface built with ZoomCharts, they love it, and they can immediately see how they can use it for other purposes. So basically, what we are doing with ZoomCharts is accelerating the emergence of new ideas that couldnât have been done yesterday because there wasnât such development yet available.
I could talk a lot about it, but itâs better to show you some real life examples of how we have applied ZoomCharts to tackle some of the issues in the real world. With a product called myinstabank, the Internet account statements show a long boring list, and when you need to see the big picture, you just canât. All you get is just a list. Normally you would just use the export option to make some Excel charts. We found that we could use our interface to give all this information another meaning in the hands of users. We applied our charts to the already existing data within the Internet banks.
What we have here is a time chart. It shows you data aggregated by timestamps. So if you have any data that has timestamps, you can use the time chart. The picture is where most of the chart libraries end; it is the end product of their libraries. In our case, the chart is just the beginning of your venture because now letâs imagine you wanted to see what happened in the year 2012. What do you have to do? One click. You just click on it, and immediately the chart communicates with the banking database, retrieves more data for that period, and immediately aggregates data. No more dropdowns where you have to pick specific dates or unintuitive actions. The rest of the interface then responds to the time period you have selected. The list is there, but now itâs filtered for that one year you just selected. If you need some other information, just one click, and the interface is communicating back to the server and fetching data. Speaking about the pie charts, they immediately show you where your money is coming from, and how you spent your money. All our charts are interactive, so you can click on any slice to filter out the time chart. I said before that we have reinvented certain aspects of the pie chart and one of the key aspects that we have reinvented is, normally if you have a pie chart, you have a grey area that says âothersâ and you never know whatâs inside there. Well, we have fixed that problem. Just one click and it automatically expands. So now, using one pie chart, you can explore all the data.
All of this is interactive, so on iPad, you can use gestures to swipe in, swipe out, do all sorts of things. All charts come bundled with extensive API, which means that you can combine these charts with other JavaScript components that exist within your application to create an interface and an experience to your user that you are looking forward to. The time chart is big data ready because it comes with a very smart data cache and if you attach it to the data sources that handle a lot of data, whenever you do some navigation, it automatically reflects only data for that particular period of time, so there is no unnecessary data being fetched from your servers. Thus, you keep the loads small, the interface fluid, and the overall experience very nice.
One of the very unique products that we have within ZoomCharts is the network chart component. The network chart component lets you visualize different social, financial and other network structures directly within your device. In this particular example, what we did is fetch a subset of the IMDb database to show you how you can use the network chart to visualize information that is already there but in a totally different way. So imagine you get home and you would like to see a new movie but you are not really sure what you want to look for. You know that you like Al Pacino, so what you do is type in âAl Pacinoâ and immediately you see the actor and the top movies of his. This is the point where your joy of data exploration begins. With a single tap, you can explore what other actors are involved in that particular movie. And you can continue this exploration until you find content that youâd be happy to consume. What is good here is this moment of trust because you started with Al Pacino, you trust that person, you love movies with him, and now you can see that there is Andy Garcia that is linked to him. So you think, âhmm, if I like Al Pacino, they are linked in this movie together, maybe thatâs something worth watching today.â With a right click, you can instantly access more information about the movie, and watch a trailer or buy the movie. So what Iâm saying here is, using ZoomCharts as a core component of visual interface, you can let people discover your content, find something they like, and also buy it or consume it. So itâs not just seeing the big picture, but itâs interacting and consuming. And all of this is happening within one interface.
In the next year, weâre also thinking about expanding the charts to let cross device communication, which would mean that you would go home, take your iPad, open up this software, and when you find a movie that you want to watch, you would click âbuyâ or âwatchâ, and it would start playing on your TV. So, devices would be cross linked through using the ZoomCharts interface.
This chart comes with extensive API so you can apply different filters to the data. For instance, in this particular example, we have applied this IMDb filter here, so if youâre really are not looking at anything below 9, you can click on 9 and see that there are not that many movies within this subset. If you are not that kind of person, you can put the star limit to something smaller, and movies appear.
Another interesting aspect is the time machine within which you can filter out movies that are very old, or on the other hand, you can focus on movies that are contemporary. All of that can be easily configured for your application, for your customers, for your product, as you need it. You can style any aspect of your charts with pictures line, arrows.
Many companies, among which is Hewlett-Packard from the United States have already found usage for their cloud solutions to visualize all sorts of different things.
If you go to our webpage you can see other examples of ways you can use our charts. Our charts can be cross combined in very interesting ways. What you see here is Juliaâs social network and who her friends are. You can play around with the network and expand and see what other people are there in real time, but when you click again on Julia, a pie chart pops up and says what social networks Julia is using most. So in this user interface, we are already combining a lot of data that is easily accessible with just a few taps. And it doesnât stop there. So, she loves Facebook. We can click on Facebook, and the second level of the pie chart comes up. There can be unlimited levels. The second level shows which tags she is using within that social network. So now we know that Julia loves Facebook, and within Facebook, she loves to talk about love. Another thing you can do is click on Love, and you get this interactive time chart that says when exactly she is talking about love on Facebook.
In the close future, in a year or two, we are looking forward to integrating support for a number of new human-machine interfaces that are emerging. We are also looking forward to integrating voice control into our charts so you can easily zoom in, zoom out or do other sorts of navigational things.
There are many new chart types coming up, such as the GeoChart, which will let you easily put those interactive pie charts on a map so you can display different statistics for people within one chart.
We are also looking forward to creating a bunch of cloud services that would enable cross chart communication on the one hand, and other things that Iâm not really allowed to tell you now, but there will be some big things that you will hear about.
What is good is availability. As I mentioned before, the software is already available to download on our webpage. You can easily get a 30 day free trial to just play around with it. We are giving away free licenses also for non commercial projects, for students, for charities. But if you have a commercial project you would still need to obtain a developer license.
Check out ZoomCharts products:
Network Chart
Big network exploration
Explore linked data sets. Highlight relevant data with dynamic filters and visual styles. Incremental data loading. Exploration with focus nodes.
Time Chart
Time navigation and exploration tool
Browse activity logs, select time ranges. Multiple data series and value axes. Switch between time units.
Pie Chart
Amazingly intuitive hierarchical data exploration
Get quick overview of your data and drill down when necessary. All in a single easy to use chart.
Facet Chart
Scrollable bar chart with drill-down
Compare values side by side and provide easy access to the long tail.
ZoomCharts
The worldâs most interactive data visualization software
#zoomcharts #interactive #data #datavisualization #charts #graphs #bigdata #dataviz #CEO #cofounder #JanisVolbergs #Latvia #UI #UX #userexperience #userinterface #SDK #GIT #visualization #iPad #iPhone #network #facet #piechart #timechart #IMDb #AlPacino #AndyGarcia #myinstabank #Facebook #love #API #HP #HewlettPackard #freetrial
Stamen:
Every now and again I stumble over Stamen, and my shiny-shiny gene
goes into gear. Stamen is a design and technology firm in San
Francisco that over the past few years has worked on a number of
inspiring projects blending disparate fields and blurring their
boundaries. As they put it, "Experimental and client work have a way
of feeding into one another: the crossover process enriches both.
Stamen doesn't believe in a clear separation between ideas and
technology, or between client work and research work."
One foundational element that seems common to much of their work is
data visualization. A lot of their dataviz work connects to maps (the
original dataviz!). A couple of their recent map projects include
PolyMaps and PrettyMaps. Older projects/clients with mapping
components include Walking Papers (navigation), Crimespotting, Hope
for Haiti, Cloudmade Maps, Hurricane Maps, Cabspotting, TravelTime,
and more. You can see the range immediately, just from titles!
PolyMaps:
"Polymaps is a free JavaScript library for making dynamic, interactive
maps in modern web browsers." PolyMaps is available for download in
both Zip and GIT file formats. It can incorporate data from
OpenStreetMap, CloudMade, Bing, and can be formatted with CSS.
PrettyMaps:
"It is an interactive map composed of multiple freely available,
community-generated data sources:
- All the Flickr shapefiles rendered as a semi-transparent white
ground on top of which all the other layers are displayed.
- Urban areas from Natural Earth both as a standalone layer and
combined with Flickr shapefiles for cities and neighbourhoods.
- Road, highway and path data collected by the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. ...
prettymaps operates very much at the edge of what the current crop of
web browsers are comfortable doing."
Social media is another theme they've worked with. Eddy is a new
Twitter visualization product from them, with earlier models or
prototypes ranging from the NBA Playoffs on Twitter through various
Flickr and Digg mashups and designs.
Eddy:
Eddy is a high-priced big-ticket product Stamen has created to "build
custom Twitter experiences quickly with simple powerful tools." It can
be used for metrics and tracking or for creating realtime interactive
audience experiences for live events. One of the barriers to
integrating Twitter on screen in live events is the possibility of
your hashtag stream being hijacked by spammers. Eddy gives you ways to
filter, control, manage, and block certain keywords in real time. It
doesn't just scroll the stream, but also provides a variety of
visualizations for your onscreen stream in what I am guessing is in a
Digg-like fashion, and thus much more engaging than most of the
Twitter visualization tools available for free.
Stamen has worked in so many areas and applied such a powerful
combination of creativity and content, that I could go on for a very
long time about how and why they inspire me.
You can find more about their work in their Everything section and
their Projects page.
Stamen: Everything:
Stamen: Projects:
I am going to choose just one (and oh, my, that was a hard choice!) to
discuss a little more.
Stamen: Books:
AND
Stamen has been pondering the boundaries and design of conventional
books, personal notebooks, and e-books with an eye toward trying to
create a vision for the future that incorporates the best of all of
these. What they say is:
"There’s a fluidity to digital media that’s intensely satisfying: a
sense of almost infinite malleability, multiple versions, code
proliferating across multiple variations, pieces that are different
every time you look at them... but sometimes it can get a bit
overwhelming. While we strive for a kind of engagement with
physicality in the rest of our work, there are limits to digital
media’s ability to leave anything lasting behind. It’s for limits like
this that notebooks are useful—they get filled with the physical
traces of the world instead of manipulation of the world behind the
screen. This work is not so much an antidote for a missing physicality
as it is a complement to the screen, and often a source for more
digital investigations."
What they do is to provide images that show what they imagine might be
possible. Or perhaps the images are actually generated from some
mysterious system they have yet to share with the rest of us. I don't
know. I do know that on our campus there is an initiative to imagine
alternative online textbook formats, and that this collection inspires
me to think very differently about those possibilities.
Print books preserve content in a fixed form. Digital media provide
content in a fluid form. Personal notebooks and printed books provide
space for marginalia, ponderings, explorations, doodling, expansions,
personalization, customization, criticism, carving, snipping,
repurposing, reaction, blending, transforming, connecting and much
much more.
I often sit in meetings next to a woman who seems to need to doodle to
focus and process. Her doodles are delightful visual little graphics,
very artistic and visual. Meanwhile, I am usually taking notes in a
code editor on my computer. Have you ever tried to doodle in an ASCII
editor while taking notes? It's possible, but it sure isn't very easy
and you can't really pay attention to what's going on around you. Not
to mention that there is not much of anything like handwriting in the
digital space. As I look at their images of blended book experiments
and environments, I find myself really longing for a space that allows
me the visual flexibility and personalization of taking notes by hand
on paper with the ability to share, preserve, disseminate, blend,
repurpose from digital environments. Just something to think about.
There is a lot more potential hidden in plain view in their images.
Go, look, ponder, and share YOUR thoughts about what the ideal book
could be like. Next up, adding in 3D visualizations and augmented
reality ...