Design

We’ve Reached Peak Infographic, and We’re No Smarter for It. Add another to the list of people who are tired of infographics that don’t say much. Again though, it’s best not to get too bent out of shape over low-quality work, and energy is much better spent working on things that shine.

Mostly ugly, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Lance Hosey, for The New York Times, on design, beauty, and functionality.
We…

Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker describes the history and careful design of the everyday baggage…

Some consider Nigel Holmes, whose work tends to be more illustrative, the opposite…

Stamen Design is the cover story of this month’s Icon Magazine. Well deserved.…

Robert Kosara contrasts my version of the pay gap graphic with the NYT…

Kaiser Fung talks about the suck of overlaying plots to show a relationship.…

The Washington Post asked three “young entrepreneurs” how their company uses infographics. They…

James Cheshire ponders the difference between fast and slow thinking maps, and the…

Desktop tool that changes colors of entire screen to simulate color blindness

When we build: “We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” [via]

After a chat with his color deficient friends about how Vincent van Gogh’s…

It’s always nice to hear from the people who are the best at…

Lulu Pinney goes over the subtle art of working with significant digits:
When…

After attending the Eyeo Festival, Zach Gemignani of Juice Analytics noticed a difference…

UX designer and consultant, Hunter Whitney, describes a good mindset as you start…

In regards to a performance chart posted by Netflix, Andy Baio, who along…

The scales for what qualifies as pretty and useful change depending on the…

If you take away anything from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, make…