Data Visualisation – brendan mitchell

The Beauty of Mathematics

Posted on November 4, 2013August 31, 2023 by brendanmitchell

I love mathematics (don’t ask, I generally keep that quiet)I love visualisation, and I love this video!Don’t worry you don’t have to like or know anything about maths to love this(you need to watch it full screen to appreciate it) “Mathematics. Rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but beauty. A beauty cold and austere, without […]

Information Visualization Definition

Posted on November 3, 2013August 19, 2015 by brendanmitchell

Data: a record of related quantities Information: organised data Information Visualisation: schematically represented information But that only defines what it is, not it’s purpose & why? Purpose: “to clearly communicate information, stimulating viewer engagement & attention” Why?: To gain knowledge (meaningfully interpreted information) There’s a balancing act a creative must perform between form & function, plus they’re influenced […]

Envisioning the Near Future of Technology Infographic

Posted on June 11, 2013September 18, 2013 by brendanmitchell

This is such a wonderful infographic Michell Zappa you should follow me on twitter here

WiFi Visualisation as You’ve Never Seen it Before

Posted on August 2, 2012September 1, 2023 by brendanmitchell

“In order to study the spatial and material qualities of wireless networks, we built a WiFi measuring rod that visualises WiFi signal strength as a bar of lights. When moved through space the rod displays changes in the WiFi signal. Long-exposure photographs of the moving rod reveal cross sections of a network’s signal strength.” YOUrban.no […]

The Doctor Will Actually See You Now

Posted on April 5, 2012April 5, 2012 by brendanmitchell

A common problem faced by patients, is keeping track of their condition and remembering dates and details when asked for information by a physician. I’d pondered creating a personal visual health diary app in the past, something that prompts a patient to input information about their condition, be it hourly, daily, weekly etc. This data could then […]

10 Tips for Designing Infographics

Posted on March 30, 2011 by brendanmitchell

As I seem to be on a bit of a roll with data visualisations and infographics lately, I thought I’d share this very informative link I just stumbled across 10 tips for Designing Infographics you should follow me on twitter here

Pulse of the Nation

Posted on July 27, 2010September 18, 2013 by brendanmitchell

I love data visualisation, in fact I was given a wonderful book entitled “Information is Beautiful” by David McCandleless as a present a few days ago… anyway I just stumbled across this on Mashable The video shows the mood in the U.S., as inferred using over 300 million tweets, over the course of the day. […]