A collection of information design resources for students of FA/YSDN 2005 3.0  Information Design, a second-year course in the York University / Sheridan College Program in Design (YSDN).Tumblr (3.0; @informationdesign1)http://information.ysdn.ca/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1z7oyjETa1qh9qk0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Wheel of Worry</strong></p> <p>By <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Kuo-What-Me-Worry/dp/8862081537" title="Amazon - Andrew Kuo">Andrew Kuo</a></strong> for the <strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html" title="NY Times Mag">NY Times Magazine</a></strong></p> <div></div>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/20523898419http://information.ysdn.ca/post/20523898419Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:02:01 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33788263" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://vimeo.com/33788263">Visualizing 2011</a></h2> <p>Presenting the year of 2011, brought to you by <a href="http://visualizing.org">Visualizing.org</a>. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/14867066123http://information.ysdn.ca/post/14867066123Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:59:49 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw5rnoFSuH1qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/correlation-or-causation-12012011-gfx.html">Correlation or Causation?</a></h2> <p>Need to prove something you already believe? Statistics is easy: All you need are two graphs and a leading question. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/14176527543http://information.ysdn.ca/post/14176527543Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:02:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30195371" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://vimeo.com/30195371">Animated history of the iPhone</a></h2> <p>The iPhone might be at the cutting edge of technology but it took a long time and many innovations to get there, take a trip through history and explore the people and technology that contributed to the iPhone becoming what it is today.</p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/11656864563http://information.ysdn.ca/post/11656864563Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:57:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt25t5DF4V1qd86fko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><h2><a href="http://flowingdata.com/2010/03/08/data-underload-12-famous-movie-quotes/">Famous Movie Quotes As Infographics</a></h2></p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/11434844202http://information.ysdn.ca/post/11434844202Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:36:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkf2ub20r31qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/04/26/proximity-in-design-why-i-can-t-use-my-car-s-a-c/">Proximity in Design: Why I Can’t Use My Car’s A/C</a></h2> <p>This enlightening (and entertaining) study of a usability fail proves the case for proximity in establishing clear affordance and mapping in design.</p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/5041087735http://information.ysdn.ca/post/5041087735Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:58:00 -0400UsabilityPrinciples<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfi24tF6iv1qfxa7uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a>Writing Without Words</a></h2> <p>Alexandria Bain, a 4th year YSDN Workshop Student, cites this project as an inspiration in visualizing literary material: </p> <p><a href="http://writtendesign.tumblr.com/post/2899930615">writtendesign</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Literary Organism from Stefanie Posavec’s Project called ‘<a href="http://www.itsbeenreal.co.uk/index.php?/wwwords/about-this-project/">Writing Without Words</a>’, which is ‘a project that explores methods of visually representing text and visualises the differences in writing styles of various authors.’ Follow the image link to her home page! She is so awesome that I feel quite unoriginal in comparison.</p> </blockquote>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620637506http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620637506Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:48:22 -0400InspirationData Visualization<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfm70oJtwV1qfxa7uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/good-night-and-tough-luck/">Good Night and Tough Luck</a></h2> <p>All kinds of awesome in these low-fi infographics on the importance of sleep, by Christoph Niemann for NYT. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620340062http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620340062Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:38:24 -0400InfographicFunInspiration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo47gDx7n1qd86fko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://vvvv.org/">vvvv</a></h2> <p>vvvv is a graphical programming environment for easy prototyping and development. It is designed to facilitate the handling of large media environments with physical interfaces, real-time motion graphics, audio and video that can interact with many users simultaneously. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620188918http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620188918Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:33:00 -0400ToolsProgrammingVisualization<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo443yxSj1qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://similardiversity.net/about/">Similar Diversity</a></h2> <p>Similar Diversity is an information graphic which opens up a new perspective at the topics religion and faith by visualizing the Holy Books of five world religions. Communalities and differences of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism are shown up in this datavisualization.</p> <p>The visual’s basis is an objective text analysis of the Holy Scriptures, and works without any interpretations from the creators’ side. Despite – or even because of this abstraction, the artworks are not only working on an informal but also on an emotional level. The viewers should be inspired to think about own prejudices and current religious conflicts.</p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620129513http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4620129513Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:31:00 -0400InfographicResearchRelation<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AiVKfNeRbPQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h2><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663574/visually-wants-to-make-it-easy-to-hire-infographic-genius?partner=co_newsletter">Visual.ly Wants To Make It Easy to Hire Infographic Genius</a></h2></p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4440528350http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4440528350Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:38:12 -0400Infographics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_limg456E0e1qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663489/infographic-of-the-day-just-how-deadly-is-nuclear-energy">How Deadly Is Nuclear Energy?</a></h2> <p>Seth Godin puts the recent media fear-mongering in its place with a simple infographic: </p> <p><em>Vivid is not the same as true. It’s far easier to amplify sudden and horrible outcomes than it is to talk about the slow, grinding reality of day to day strife. That’s just human nature. Not included in this chart are deaths due to global political instability involving oil fields, deaths from coastal flooding and deaths due to environmental impacts yet unmeasured, all of which skew it even more if you think about it. This chart unsettles a lot of people, because there must be something wrong with it. Further proof of how easy it is to fear the unknown and accept what we’ve got. </em></p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4085991323http://information.ysdn.ca/post/4085991323Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:21:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4tc2Nb341qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Information-graphics-in-context/924345">Information graphics in context</a></h2> <p>Beautiful examples of information design “in context”. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3892138511http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3892138511Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:50:24 -0400Information DesignInspiration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4sht02pg1qd86fko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/07/11-ways-to-visualize-changes-over-time-a-guide/">A Guide to 11 Ways to Visualize Changes Over Time</a></h2> <p>Websites like this almost make class redundant. Almost. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3891783683http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3891783683Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:32:17 -0400TechniqueVisualizationTime<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li0mogy0CH1qd86fko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://scienceillustrated.ca/">Science Illustrated</a></h2> <p><a href="http://itube.ischool.utoronto.ca/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=3897e2a3-1fda-42be-ab78-edbab090fd9e">Graham Huber presented a talk</a> on information design for the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto: </p> <p><em>Science Illustrated is a two day symposium dedicated to helping early-career scientists (graduate students and post-doctoral fellows) of all disciplines visualize their science better</em></p> <p><a href="http://itube.ischool.utoronto.ca/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folder=%7B%22ID%22:%223dd8e732-6e1e-4c7d-9c1f-72193620426f%22,%22Name%22:%22Science%20Illustrated%20-%20Visualizing%20Science%22,%22Role%22:1%7D">View videos of all the presentations</a> (with slides). </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3839851462http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3839851462Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:36:00 -0400TalksVideo<a href="http://www.ysdn.ca/slidedecks/alec-singleton_data-viz-talk.pptx">Alec Singleton's Data Visualization Talk</a>: <p><a href="http://www.ysdn.ca/slidedecks/alec-singleton_data-viz-talk.pptx">Download<span> </span> the slidedeck</a> from Alec Singleton’s class talk on data visualization. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3839663121http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3839663121Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:27:00 -0400Slidedeck<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhxhxrG4N71qd86fko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://michellzappa.com/map/envisioning-technology-2011-02-25.pdf">Envisioning the Near Future of Technology</a><h2> </h2></h2><p>A temporal infographic illustrating current and emerging technologies.</p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3800237793http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3800237793Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:01:03 -0500TechnologyFuture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhv1ude2RE1qd86fko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://weatherspark.com/#graphs;a=Canada/ON/Toronto">WeatherSpark</a></h2> <p>Never forget your umbrella again with the ultimate weather visualization tool.</p> <p>Zoom in and out of the timeline with mouse wheel. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3769499923http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3769499923Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:18:13 -0500InteractiveVisualizationFlash<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhr1k8X9Li1qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2011/vintage-infoporn-no-1/">Vintage Infoporn</a></h2> <p>David McCandless revisits some of the best infographics from the last century.</p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3724537423http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3724537423Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:21:44 -0500InfographicsHistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhqucjlkcu1qd86fko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1733627/mit-scientist-captures-his-sons-first-90000-hours-on-video">MIT Scientist Graphs 90,000 Hours of Video of His Son’s First Words</a></h2> <p>In a Truman-Show-esque montage, viewers can watch the evolution of the word “ball”. </p>http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3722628411http://information.ysdn.ca/post/3722628411Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:45:54 -0500LanguageVideoExperiment