Archive for June, 2007

Tantra

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Tantra, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

Diagram illustrating how the transcendent system of Cosmic Space is subtly related through layers of matter and space to the world of Jambudvipa

Heineken diagram

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Heineken diagram, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

Shocked

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Have you ever been so confused by the complexity of… more

World Economic Forum

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

WEF, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

World Economic Forum site provides a insightful visual summary about how global economic decision makers look at the world… and what they see.

Teeth graphic

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Teethgraphic, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

This graph is a visual record showing the health of a patient’s gums.
The red dots indicate bleeders that appear as the dentist probes the gums for their health. The graph-like bars that over-lay the teeth are measures of the gaps between the teeth and the gum.

(via Communication Nation)

Music map

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Music map, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

A wonderful visuals from the NYT’s coverage of Andrew Kuo covering Bright Eyes’ covers of Neil Young.

Chocolate

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

chocolate, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

One of the running themes at Worldchanging is the importance of knowing the backstory of the things we use and buy. There’s no better incentive to be a responsible consumer than seeing previously invisible (and frequently unsavory) aspects of our commodities. Arlene Birt has begun designing communications campaigns for edible products; specifically, she has dragged the lifespan of a chocolate bar into transparency, from unharvested cacao bean to first delicious bite, by designing an easy-to-decipher graphic label for the interior of a chocolate bar wrapper. Check out the clever use of simple information graphics used in her project,

Icon?

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

todoscontralfuego, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

If design and graphics are “visual languages”, chinese also. Here you are an example:

Forest + Flame = Fire
But, with a little of imagination, you can see it yourselves:

This character is mu (wood) means tree and, its shape could have a remembrance to one of them.

This is lin (forest), and it’s just to “mus” together. Logical.

Huo means flame, and looks like one (OK, you need some perspective)

And if we add a flame to the forest we got… Fen, which means “burn” or “fire”.

(via Infographicsnews)

Similarity between characteristics of a complex adaptive system and a wicked problem

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Jeff Conklin nicely summarises wicked problems as follows: You don’t… more

The wisdom of crowds

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

The wisdom of crowds, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

While our culture generally trusts experts and distrusts the wisdom of the masses, New Yorker business columnist Surowiecki argues that “under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them.” To support this almost counterintuitive proposition, Surowiecki explores problems involving cognition (we’re all trying to identify a correct answer), coordination (we need to synchronize our individual activities with others) and cooperation (we have to act together despite our self-interest). His rubric, then, covers a range of problems, including driving in traffic, competing on TV game shows, maximizing stock market performance, voting for political candidates, navigating busy sidewalks, tracking SARS and designing Internet search engines like Google