Posts Categorized: Information Design

Images of numbers (and ourselves)

I’ve long been inspired by examples of effective use of visual imagery to represent quantitative information. It was this inspiration that initially drew me to Chris Jordan’s photography, but it is his ability to spark introspection through his images that makes them stay with me. Jordan’s latest exhibit, “RUNNING THE NUMBERS: An American Self-Portrait“, is… Read more »


Displaying the lexicon of a nation

We recently came across Brad Borevitz’ State of the Union (SOTU), a remarkable web project that allows users to explore changes in use of the English language in the United States over the past 200 years, using the State of the Union as a window. As the site’s author puts it, “SOTU allows you to… Read more »