Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Visualisation & Infographics

  • The Beauty of Mathematics

    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

    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…

  • Second Sight

    With more and more of us having a mobile or tablet device within arms reach no matter where we are, you’d think that would give advertisers more opportunities to grab our attention, but the opposite maybe true. With DVR’s we pause live TV and watch it when we want, and more often that not we…

  • Envisioning the Near Future of Technology Infographic

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

  • WiFi Visualisation as You’ve Never Seen it Before

    “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…

  • You Get What You Pay For

    I know this has been floating around for a while, but looking at it again this morning I thought I should share it in case anyone missed it first time round. You can apply this to most things in life, you get what you pay for, if you pay peanuts, don’t be surprised when you…

  • Just Say No

    A design isn’t finished when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away… good design is about saying no. Occam’s Razor: “the simplest solution is almost always the best”

  • Daisy Disk Sunburst UI

    I stumbled across this app a few days ago and purchased it, not because I needed or would likely use the app that often, but because I simply loved the User Interface… and while it’s beautifully executed it’s not a case of form over function, this UI is a really elegant solution and works brilliantly……

  • The Doctor Will Actually See You Now

    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…

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