January 2011
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A Cure for Designer's Block...
Chai tea! Whenever I’m feeling sluggish, or have a major creative block I drink a chai tea and I perk right up! I swear by it!
With ingredients like:
Tea Leaves (Camellia sinensis) - Tea is full of healthy substances, including antioxidants, that may help prevent everything from heart disease to strokes to cancer.
Ginger (Zingiberaceae) - Ginger root is believed to strengthen and heal...
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Green Patriot Posters →
Green Patriot Posters: Graphics for a Sustainable Community, by Dmitri Siegel and Edward Morris, is a new book of 50 detachable, read-to-hang posters on the theme of sustainability by some of the world’s most prominent graphic designers and artists
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Personal Project?
The last couple of weeks have just been about work, work and work for me. And as I head into week number 3 of holding down a full-time 9-5 job whilst working every evening and weekend on a number of other projects, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need some down time.
I’ve told myself (after this weekend) that I NEED to set aside some time, for me, which would normally involve me...
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Great Advice: Do Your Most Important Task First
I read a great article today: Do Your “Most Important Task First” which focuses on a work method Leo Babauta wrote about on ZenHabits
Now this may seem completely obvious to most… and it makes complete sense, but I guess I never really practiced this regularly. I have never missed a deadline, I’m super organised, but man do I procrastinate. I often leave important tasks...
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Inspirational Vintage Infographics →
BibliOdyssey has put together a fantastic collection of vintage Victorian Infographics. All illustrations are collected from books like Mitchell’s New General Atlas or General Atlas Of The World from the time between 1830 to 1890. The visualizations are great examples of how abstract representation let’s a viewer grasp quantities that are hard to imagine. I strongly recommend to have a look at all...
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Latest Work: When Marriages Disappear...
For my latest infographic for Promotional Codes I looked at the state of decline of marriages in the US. It is no longer a central institution, with many couples choosing to live together and have children without getting married. So, what does this mean for marriage in the future?
Featured on FastCo Design’s Infographic of the Day (^_^)
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Designing isn't easy...
It’s difficult because it’s subjective. Someone could love you work, and another could hate it. To be able to accept criticism doesn’t come naturally to some people, and I must admit I used to be one of those. To have someone tear apart something that you are really proud of, is in no way fun, but it’s something that all designers must go through and learn from....
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“How many geeks does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. The glow from World...”
– Paul Boag
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“Half the evil in this world occurs while decent people stand by and do nothing...”
– Amber, The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
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Inspiration of the Day: Need to Want Less
I stumbled across these little nuggets of graphical philosophy by Recovering Lazyholic a whilst back and I suddenly remembered about them and had to post.
The disconnect between our wants and needs is one of the most fundamental and universal paradoxes of being human. Virtually everyone comes in contact with it in various levels of intensity. That piece of rich flourless chocolate cake after a...
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Eco-Brands
In a bid to lead a slightly greener lifestyle and be more ethical in my choices, I decided about 4 months ago to never use anything that has been made from or tested on an animal. Now I’m not a vegetarian. I do eat meat but I have cut down how much meat I eat, and I only buy free range varieties. I don’t disagree with eating meat but I do I think one should source their meat from...
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Quora: Where Can I Find A Great Infographic...
Today I was honoured to be included in Benjamin Wiederkehr’s (Partner at Interactive Things, Editor at Datavisualization.ch) list of great infographic designers in his post on Quora. Alongside Feltron and McCandless no less.
To be honest I feel a little out of place alongside such cool people, but hey, I shan’t complain! What a great list to feature on!
View original post on Quora
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7 Classic Data Visualisation Papers →
A great selection of papers on the topic of data and information graphic visualisation. A must-read for anyone interested in the subject!
A list of papers you just cannot avoid to know unless you want to risk a bad impression at VisWeek…
(…according to Enrico Bertini, the writer of the blog post)
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Eyeo Festival (Possibly the best conference this...
If anyone is in the Minneapolis area around late June, you MUST go to this conference! The Eyeo Festival taking place on 27-29 June is going to be incredible with 2 TED speakers, 4 heads of university departments and not to mention Amanda Cox (NYT), Nicolas Feltron and Jer Thorp (my datavis heroes) will be there.
Eyeo brings together the most creative coders, designers and artists working...
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Glare
Is it a little sad that I’m missing the anti-glare lenses on my glasses right now? I left them at home today, and work has proved rather difficult as the screen is more than a little blurry and way too bright for my poor little eyes
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Minimal Movie Posters →
I stumbled (sTumblrd?) across this great Tumblr over the weekend. It curates minimal movie posters from all over the web. Some great ones, some not so great ones, but overall a fun collection.
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“Linguists estimate the world loses one of its 7000 languages every 14 days”
– National Geographic Magazine
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Biting Nails
I know I should have made a resolution to stop biting my nails this year, but I know that I would never have been able to keep it…
Old (bad) habits never die
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Site v.4.0 (Another redesign...)
Welcome to my new site design. I’ve been a little fickle recently, and I had had the blossom-tree motif for quite a while and felt it was time for a little change. Over the coming weeks I’ll be adding a few new features, but I wanted to get the design up and out there. I hope you like!
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“Each person, on average, will spend 24 years of their life asleep”
– ‘The Joy of Stats’ by Hans Rosling
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The Obligatory 'New Year's Resolutions' Post
2010 was an important year for me:
I got married to my BF and my family instantly doubled in size
I figured out how to juggle both a full-time job and a fledgling freelance career
I started to get a name for myself out there in the information graphic design world and have work recognised around the world
At the beginning of 2010, as I do every year, I started with a list of all the things I...