“Inspired by Manovich’s definition of information aesthetics, this weblog explores the symbiotic relationships between creative design and the field of information visualization, in what could be coined as ‘creative information visualization’.”
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“In many visual seminars at Poynter, we talk about design rules that don’t make sense. These myths are picked up along the way, like rotten fruit, as people move from paper to paper. Once a seed takes root, it can be very difficult to get rid of it. These myths can be funny and frustrating. Funny because someone actually believes that readers notice that two headlines are butting up against each other. Frustrating because time is wasted by worrying about things that don’t matter when crafting better content is more important. Here are a few popular myths you may have encountered.”
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“I can’t believe it’s taken me five years to get this posted. It’s certainly a work in progress and missing lots of things, but it’s a start. The key is a little misleading and, as the timeline gets closer to present, there is a lot of missing of areas. For example, Writing/Print includes phtoography and other visual media. Broadcasting includes all transmitted media (including the telegraph and telephone) and all massmedia (with the exception of print media), such as television and film. There are still, probably, a lot of mispellings, too.”
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“A few years ago, I was hitting a roadblock in my personal work when a series of drawings I was making seemed increasingly to be leading me toward etching. Sketchbook in hand, I drove to the nearest art supply store, thinking someone there might be able to advise me on materials.”
“Next year, Microsoft plans to release six new font families designed for high readability on-screen. Consolas, in particular, looks like it may be the text-editing font I’ve been yearning for (but why isn’t there a numeral 1 in the sample text?!?). Don’t believe the Mac-compatibility FUD in the article — OS X handles Windows fonts just fine, and I can’t imagine that Microsoft wouldn’t bundle these fonts with all their Mac products (as has been their practice for years now).”
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