This showreel from Toxiclibs demonstrates the potential power of processing (with libraries) to create engaging and abstract visualisations.
via Vimeo.
Archive for March, 2010
Toxiclibs showreel
March 29, 201010:03am
Last FM: New York vs The World
March 27, 20107:02pm
Stumbled across this while searching for something complete innocuous. Presumably built with the LastGraph rendering engine.
There’s a London one out there too. Here’s a pdf of it.
New York’s listening habits versus the world was printed in a fancy newspaper. Which reminds me of Russell Davies’ Things Our Friends Have Written on the Internet 2008.
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The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures
8:29am
The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures
Ben Shneiderman
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Traffic in Lisbon
March 26, 20107:46pm
The routes of 1524 vehicles around Lisbon wonderfully mapped to produce this hypnotising film
via Vimeo from Pedro M Cruz
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OK GO Album cover
March 25, 201012:11am
One of the side images created from a collaboration between Stefanie Posavec (remember this?) and Microsoft research ecologist, Greg McInerny for OK Go’s Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, based on the lyrical rhythm of the album. See more examples and the final version here.
via informationisbeautiful.net
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Find your global opposite
March 23, 20105:03pm
I’ve always wanted to know who lived exactly the opposite site of the world to me in London. Thanks to National Geographic now I know: no one. I thought it was New Zealand but it turns out Seville is the polar opposite of Auckland.
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Total Solar Eclipse Paths
March 18, 20108:56pm
You could use this visualisation to plan your next holiday abroad and catch the next solar eclipse.
via Flickr
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A day in the life of New York in miniature
March 12, 20103:29pm
Processing Thoughts
March 11, 20101:40pm
A poster campaign for a mental health organisation. A combination of photography and processing to create strings of type recounting the types of issues people need to discuss at counseling.
via Creative Review
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YouTube Closes Down For The Night
March 10, 20103:23pm
“We hand you over now to pages from Google” Genius.
YouTube Closes Down For The Night.