MASSIVELY PARALLEL

Notes from the 24th installment in AIGA’s Fresh Dialog lecture series, In/Visible: Graphic Data Revealed.
THE VISUAL ETHICS REQUIRED IN INFORMATION GRAPHICS INCREASE THE DESIGNER’S BURDEN FROM FAITHFUL EXECUTOR TO EDITORIAL ARBITER.
How do design choices affect the integrity of the data being portrayed? Can information graphics and the designers who create them ever claim pure objectivity? [...]

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This came through my spam filter and I think its just gorgeous. Something about the traditional hyperlinks and the triple-pipes really does it for me.

(View at 100% size for the full effect).

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On the R train (en route to Matchupcamp) a man across the way was sketching with a brush-tip marker. Last week I’d been chastised by One Leg Chuck for filming his performance in the Bedford L station: “These are my songs, man! It’s rude to just film someone without asking!”

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“What is Web Design and Where’s Its Canon?” seems to be the meta-meme of the moment: Bokardo replies to Vit, and Zeldman checks in too.  There may be a ways to go until a positive definition comes about (Zeldman attempts it, and he’s halfway there, but something feels like its missing), but its encouraging to [...]

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