a typograpical movie about the powerful social & economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society.
[link: girleffect.org]
the girl effect typographic movie
periodic coffee table
a coffee-table display case for samples of all existing stable elements. each element sample is individually embedded inside a solid acrylic block, while all the blocks are arranged in the grid of the periodic table, priced EU 6,890, US $8,550. more interactive versions of “periodic” display walls exist as well.
[link: element-collection.com|via bornrich.org & boingboing.net]
product space network graph
a detailed network representation giving an overview of the international products space, with different colors for each product class (e.g. petroleum, animal products, cereals, machinery, chemical, electronics), node size denoting the average income per-capita associated with that good & link color indicating a range in the proximity values
[link: chidalgo.com]
Lego-based time-tracking
an alternative way to represent time schedule tracking by stacking different lengths of Lego blocks as a way to convey different sequential time periods. stacking hourly rows on top of each other builds up the whole day, while color represents the different projects at hand. a whole week of time tracking is created by setting [...]
multi-touch spherical display
a novel display interface that allows simultaneous collaborative actions by multiple people, while each user perceives an equally-valid view & no-one has a “master position” over the displayed information. projected objects can be passed around the sphere by different gestural actions.
applications include photo-browsing, geographical mapping, the navigation of live omnidirectional camera images & a pong [...]
Widgenie data sharing widgets
a new online socially-driven data visualization service, in the same line of Many Eyes & Swivel & Track-n-Graph, which allows users to visualize & share information through the use of small widgets. Widgenie allows data to be acquired from spreadsheets & be visually shared online through a sequence of simple, online steps. the current visualization [...]
2008 movie box office revenue
a visualization of the 2008 US movie box office revenues. each graph shows the trends in the top 25 movies at the box office for each weekend in a year. the color is based on the movie’s debut week so that long-running movies gradually start to stand out from newer movies with different colors.
[link: xach.com [...]
baby names trends
a website dedicated to the visualization of baby name frequencies & geographical distributions. baby names can be mapped by popularity over time or popularity state by state, while groups of names, patterns or variants can be charted cumulatively.
[link: nametrends.net|via kottke.org]
see also baby name voyager.
Olympic medal bubble chart
a time-based bubble chart of the number of past olympic medals won by countries. circles are mapped on a geographical world map or can be ranked by size. the circle size is determined by the number of medals each country won in past summer Olympic Games.
[link: nytimes.com]
Google insights for search
a new online service by google that allows users to compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories & time frames.
[link: google.com]
