Category Archives: Inspiration

IBM Smart Planet This is a snapshot from an interactive Flash-based site developed by IBM about smarter cities. Although it is not by itself an infographic, it uses infographics within the narrative to take its point across, and it uses … Continue reading →

Nike Grid by Stamen Design I love the style of this visualization- it shows how maps don’t have to always be standard but can be a bit retro. The hexagon icons and insets also fit with the “grid” theme. Also … Continue reading →

Locals and Tourists is an interesting map-based visualization of photo data tracked through Flickr uploading activity, that illustrates hotspots within various popular cities for tourism (New York, Venice, Toronto etc.) and color-codes the geolocation from each with the following (taken … Continue reading →

Dynamic: Recently I have been in love with Google Maps 5.0 for Android. This latest version finally does what I’ve always thought a mobile app ought to do. It allows the user to tilt and rotate the map, which makes … Continue reading →

Inspiration_Dynamic This visualization gives an overview of the whole citation network. The colors represent the four main groups of journals, which are further subdivided into fields in the outer ring. The segments of the inner ring represent the individual journals, … Continue reading →

Statically inspiring from my idol over at xkcd.com: I totally respect the dude over at xkcd.com—he is always able to combine unbelievable nerdiness and accuracy with really funny (albeit still nerdy) humor. This comic has an impressively detailed Lord of … Continue reading →