“Quest for Dairy Without the Ouch,” a hand-crafted typographic papercut message by Owen Gildersleeve, with photographer Sara Morris and food stylist John Bentham

(via Lifelounge)

modern architecture 101 from The AllNighter

infographic with more than a couple good reasons for why we should help save PBS.

“The Splendiferous Array of Culinary Tools” poster by Pop Chart Lab
(first discovered via NotCot)

In a new episode of The Simpsons, “Mom’s I’d Like to Forget” (Season 22, Episode 10), Marge Simpson’s brain gets segmented into a humorous, animated info graphic.

detail from “A Flowchart of Facebook Portrait Styles”
(infographic designed by Doogie Horner, via Co.Design)

“Periodic Table of Creative Influences”
(via Mat Dolphin)

Timothy Goodman on the “The Question of Credits”
(via Imprint)

According to The Happiness Index, a “Web Graphic Designer” is very unhappy. This data shows Petroleum and Nuclear Engineers as much happier. Based on the chart there does seem to be a direct correlation between average pay and rate of job satisfaction. But who did they ask?

(via WSJ)

Scale of Annoyance by Jessica Hische

“The Times does info-graphics for iPads” designed by Applied Works
(thoughts via Creative Review, link for iTunes download)

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

redesignrelated:

MTA Subway Map redesign

“…Next month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will unveil a resized, recolored and simplified edition of the well-known map, its first overhaul in more than a decade. Manhattan will become taller, bulkier and 30 percent wider, to better display its spaghetti of subway lines. Staten Island, meanwhile, will shrink by half…”
—More Manhattan in New Subway Map | NYTimes.com

Take a look at “An Overhaul of an Underground Icon” where you can compare the new map side by side other versions through its history.

the latest Transparency from GOOD: “The Most Controversial Books in America”
(designed by Stanford Kay)

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