Laura Jones Martinez’s collection of bread ties

“Infographic of the Day: The iPad Competes With Just About Everyone”
(first discovered via Fast Company, designed by Section Design for Courier Japon)

data visualized for “Choose Your Own Adventure Books”
(discovered via @katebarsotti)

“How Books Are Made at Webcrafters Inc” infographic design by Funnel Incorporated
(first discovered via core77)

“So You Need a Typeface” infographic by Julian Hansen
(via inspiration lab)

Op-ed chart in The New York Times: “How Green is My iPad?”
(above illustration by Jenny Mörtsell)

jenbee:

FINALLY: The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn Diagram

feltron:

http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2009_annual_report/

http://feltron.com/shop.html

Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience. 

I kept track only of who I gave survey invitations to, the number of the card and where it was given. The surveys answers were submitted via text forms, allowing the respondee to write whatever they desired, and leaving the task of making comparisons between the data up to me. I have used only this information to create the report, however accurate it may be. I have strived to sort and collate the data in a clinical and repeatable manner that could be reproduced by someone looking for the same stories I have selected.

The data set itself was messy and overwhelming, and filled with enough information for several more reports. There are inherent shortcomings (like the unrepresentative amount of water recorded), and endearing strong suits (like the exploration of mood). I used several tools to make this task a more manageable, including Processing, which allowed me to map and explore alternate layouts much more quickly than previously, and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.

The printed edition of the report is being letterpressed by Swayspace in Brooklyn, New York. It is 16 pages and printed using 4 colors on 80 lb. French Durotone cover stock, and will be individually numbered, signed and mailed in March.

“How 3.6 Zettabytes of Data Get Consumed”
(discovered via Gizmodo)

“50 Years, 200 Missions, One Enormous Map - 50 Years of space exploration”

The map was recently created for National Geographic by Sean McNaughton and Samuel Velasco. (discovered via io9)

“The Graphic Design Thesis” via blog.iso50.com

Transparency: The Best and Worst Cities to Look for Work
(via GOOD, collaboration with Gavin Potenza)

Transparency: The Largest Bankruptcies in History | GOOD, collaboration with Always with Honor

“Over the past decade, the publishing industry has undergone wave after wave of consolidation. But within the giant media conglomerates there is still a fair amount of biodiversity—at least judging from the logos that bird-and beast-watchers can spot on the spines of their books.”

Natural Selections designed by Nicholas Felton
(via The New York Times)

a collection of the great infographics from GOOD magazine’s ongoing Transparency feature now on flickr

Transparency: A History of Gay Marriage Bans (via GOOD Magazine)