archimaps:

Patterns for majolica and enamelled tiles from the Benthall Works, Shropshire

dwattersw:

(via Want To Be A Literary Giant? Kill Your Characters (Infographic) | Co.Design: business innovation design)

Emilio Gomariz made some new OS X GUI animations and I think they are stunning.

prostheticknowledge:

Visualization: Movies of Wong Kar-Wai 

Frame sheets of the directors films put together by Benjamin Wimmer:

With The Grandmasters finally having a release date (2012/12/18) I thought it would be nice to do a recap of Wong Kar-wai’s feature films. As IMHO his movies are primary made for being experienced rather than discussed/analysed, I thought I’d go for visual summaries:

Below, his movies compressed to single pictures (ever 60th frame was used) showing nicely the movies’ pace as well their overall colour schemes. Enjoy. 

Above are:

1. Chungking Express
2. As Tears Go By
3. Days Of Being Wild
4. In The Mood For Love

There are more of these frame sheets, which can be found here.

UPDATE: Benjamin has upload a ZIP file containing hires versions of the collection, available here

veryworkrelated:

ambient japanese-style visualizations

(Source: designboom.com)

thingshmmm:

7 billion people on one [web] page

Geologic Map of the Oppolzer A 
Region of the Moon

aquiestaene:

Michael Gondry, un maestro.

ventanagrafica:

ESTRUCTURAS NARRATIVAS Y EL ARTE DE LA CONSPIRACIÓN:

Estos preciosos Mapas Conceptuales pertenecen a la obra del fallecido Mark Lombardi, que él mismo llamaba ESTRUCTURAS NARRATIVAS.

Para mí su trabajo fué como el de un explorador, que enmarcaba su atención, no en un lugar físico, sino en un área virtual de influencia extrema para la construcción de la realidad: a través de los mass media oficiales, en concreto las noticias de los periódicos más relevantes del planeta, creaba estas ESTRUCTURAS NARRATIVAS que visibilizaban vínculos y las redes entre los máximo poderes mundiales.

Y el resultado es el escándalo mismo, tanto que muchos aseguran que su suicidio fué en realidad un asesinato.

“A few weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, an FBI agent called the Whitney Museum of American Art and asked to see a drawing on exhibit there. The piece was by Mark Lombardi, an artist who had committed suicide the year before. Using just a pencil and a huge sheet of paper, Lombardi had created an intricate pattern of curves and arcs to illustrate the links between global finance and international terrorism. “

Una prueba de que el trabajo llamado conceptual o abstracto, también puede contribuir a tambalear los cimientos de algunas injusticias contemporáneas.

(via elquintomundo)

sunfoundation:

Gay rights in the US, state by state

Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying. The handling of gay rights issues vary by state and follow trends by region.

(via zuloarkcollective)

bestiario:

Sang Soo Ahn

(via floresenelatico)

ilovecharts:

popchartlab:

An awesome array of alcohol, our “Constitutions of Classic Cocktails” shows where spirits, mixers, and garnishes intersect to form 68 delightful concoctions.

Get 20% off if you order before noon ET Tuesday 01/31.

~15 hours left for the deal! Get on that. 

thingsorganizedneatly:

SUBMISSION: Front page of the Swedish national daily Svenska Dagbladet, Monday, February 27th 2012 accompanying a story on how the snuff smuggling into Sweden has increased dramatically in the last five years. It was dirty, smelly work but someone had to do it (apparently).

US Map of Surnames

ilovecharts:

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