Shiny Things

Beard-Happy!

mandirao — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:25:34 +0000

Have I mentioned that my new upstairs neighbor is Erin Dollar of I Made You a Beard!? I can hear her sewing beautiful chin-shag for people through my ceiling, a sound that has become quite reassuring, proof that YES! We can make a living from our art! Check out her etsy shop too.

Lunch Break: Visuals by Alyz

mandirao — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:25:49 +0000

Loving this work from the blog of Alyz. Check out her full portfolio too.

Wishlist: Multi-Chain Bracelet

mandirao — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:52:29 +0000

I bought this bracelet for myself as a Christmas gift when it was on sale. A week later it mysteriously disappeared from my wrist. Our time was brief, leaving me wanting more. I am now much poorer so if anyone feels inclined to replace this lovely eco-happy thing for me I wont complain even a little bit and I promise not to let it get away again.

from Inhabitat.

Last.fm Listener Visualizations

mandirao — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:27:37 +0000

Last.fm is pretty cool, the fact that it keeps track of your listening habits is pretty fun. The limited charts/visualizations of habits, however, leave something to be desired. Luckily there are a number of other Last.fm visualizers that I think you should probably check out.

LastGraph produces PDF posters of your listening trends within any time frame you choose.

While not available as an interactive, but you should definitely see the inspiration for LastGraph, this awesome project from Lee Byron.

Not as awesome as the histograms above, it relies on common tags as opposed to artist, but still fun. Get yours!

And I’ve just discovered that Rocket Surgeon, a blog dedicated to music 2.0 and digital entertainment, has put together a more comprehensive list of last.fm visualizations than the one I just started. So go check it out!

Lunch Break: Animal Illustration

mandirao — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:17:32 +0000

A bit haunted by these “witness protection animal” drawings from Bill Carman’s blog.

Also loving these glitchy paintings from Frank Gonzales.

Folk tales and personal stories interpreted by Raquel Aparicio.

OMG Business Cards

mandirao — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:08:29 +0000

via OMG It even has a watermark

Info Design Sources

mandirao — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:06:04 +0000

Yes. I’m neck deep in my thesis project and thought I’d share some of my favorite resources.

About my project:
A Self Portrait through Information Design: I am creating a graphic representation of my identity by exploring the data that makes up my past, present and future.

Websites

Visual Complexity

InfoDesign: Understanding through Design. A constantly rolling news feed of information design, but it takes a couple clicks to get to the pretty pictures.

50 Great Examples of Infographics

Notcot presents the work of Stefanie Posavec.

History Shots

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods. Wow. This one is not pretty, and it’s cliched use of the periodic table may be called into question, but I find the categorizing of InfoGraphic types very helpful.

Books

Lunch Break: Poked Studio Desktop Wallpaper

mandirao — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:53:30 +0000

I am currently enjoying these darkly saccharine desktop wallpapers from Poked Studio, a design/illustration/multimedia studio in Wales.

My Daily Routine

mandirao — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:33:07 +0000

This is exactly my day. It’s accurate, personal, humorous, and it even has three levels of information! I should have drawn this for my thesis instead of all these crazy charts.