Information Graphics: Transforming the Mundane, Pointless & Necessary

1. Jaime Van Dubs
“Poster project announcing a lecture by a visiting designer. Graphical environment emphasizes Tufte’s expertise in the analysis and critique of information graphics and statistics. “
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2. DixonBaxi, Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi
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3. David Johnson
“Songs in RGB.”
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4 – 7. Unknown

8 – 9. Unknown, for Good Magazine

10. Tyler Lang, for Seed Magazine
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11 – 14. Nicholas Felton
“[This is] his own Annual Report project, which visually represents his time and activities for that past year. Each year his Annual Reports have attracted more and more attention, and perhaps as a result, Nicholas has taken each past report to new heights. This year is no different. From the books he has read to the places he has been and the music he listens to along the way, each piece of information has been laid out beautifully in the form of charts, graphs, and even his own version of an atlas map.”
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And if all this isn’t enough, see eerily detailed breakdowns of almost anything you can imagine at wolframalpha.com. They just need to assign graphics to each topic, and this site will rule the world in five years. Seriously.

Designer Packages

Who knew a coffee could look so good dressed in plaid? Or that an off-brand style plastic bag could come off as chic? Welcome to designer packaging.

Harry Potter, Only Better

Feast your eyes on these fabulous cover re-designs of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Needless to say, if these covers had been published instead, I might have actually read the series by now.

I know, right?

See more of this style here and here. It’s incredible stuff.

Just Plain Awesome

It’s been a while, so I thought I’d hop on over to Threadless to check out what’s going on. Feast your eyes on this stuff, which is – undeniably – just plain awesome.

Firstly, prints:

And, of course, tees:

The beauty part of Threadless is that unknown designers can submit their own ideas, get enough votes, and have them printed. When I get some free time, I’m going to try it myself.

Halleyulia!

Yulia Brodskaya is amazing. A Russian-born illustration major, she now works out of London crafting what are called papergraphics. These crisp, clean, tantalizingly tactile images are stunning.

“I’m constantly experimenting and evolving,” she says, “always pushing my style in new directions: my greatest passion is to explore the ways of combining illustration and typography.” See her entire portfolio, including classic illustration and design pieces, at artyulia.com.

New Masters of Poster Design

This book is huge.

It’s packed with dozens and dozens of incredible posters, each profiled under an individual or a studio. You’ll see work from Little Friends of Printmaking, Patent Pending Design, Cyan, Fang Chen, Studio Boot, Thinkmule, and Modern Dog (Seattle representing), all packed in a lovely book where even the cover unfolds into a poster.

Here’s what the author has to say:

“The loss of a medium that served as a perfect canvas for creativity simply could not be tolerated. A determined group of designers once again turned to the poster for personal work and as an outlet from more restrictive media; their goal was to prove the poster is still a powerful tool in communicating their clients’ messages. The resulting groundbreaking has brought the medium back to prominence.”

Trust me, you will love it.

Moss

In the bio on his website, it simply says, “Oliver Moss, born in the UK, 1987″. 

I believe his intention was to let the work speak for itself.

And that it does.

I really think promotional posters for films should be designed this way. Also, this is only a tiny, focused smattering of Mr. Moss’ work.

See more at ollymoss.com and flickr.com.

Emphasis On A Few Days

Don’t Mess With the U.S.

I discovered this stuff completely by accident, and it made me laugh. Behold how one artist has interpreted and recreated Idaho, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Louisiana, Arkansas, Delaware and California.

See the rest of his work at frankchimero.com. It’s good stuff.

Si Scott, Master of Line Art

I love Si Scott. Just feast your eyes on this work for a few moments, and you will understand.

“I always start by picking a font I feel fits the brief or works with what I am trying to achieve the piece and then will play around with different page layouts for a while. The next phase is to just bring the piece to life,” he says.

“I think I came to make this kind of work through my love of drawing, type and design and trying to do something that encompasses all them together.”

“Most of my inspiration comes from music,” he adds. “I am constantly listening to music while I work and the lyrics especially. I’m really into words.”

He sites his favorite fonts to work with as Helvetica, Akzidenze Grotesk, and Pagan Poetry. See his entire portfolio at siscottstudio.com and art-dept.com.

Let the inspiration flow.