Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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A4 For Ever (and Ever)
Read on…: A4 For Ever (and Ever)Most of my readers know that I am a designer who works in all formats. But, I really love working in print. Colours, textures, and the physicality of it all. Give me a foil stamp or metallic ink any day. Any American designer who’s ever worked for an overseas client or overseas designer who’s ever […]
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Too Much Horsing Around
Read on…: Too Much Horsing AroundLast week the Philadelphia Inquirer published an investigation of the staggering number of horse deaths in Pennsylvania’s race track facilities. I found the article fascinating, but admittedly at a point or two a wee bit squeamish when the author described how horses essentially die. Then about halfway through the article I ran into the first […]
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Logo Venn
Read on…: Logo VennAnother week is now in the books. We can end it with an xkcd graphic looking at rings and a diagram identifying logos with that specified number. It’s basically a Venn diagram with sets within sets. But conceptually, I’d place it here. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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The Armchair General…
Read on…: The Armchair General…Manager. Of the New England Patriots. As many of my long-term readers know, I am really only a one sport kind of guy. And that sport is baseball. American football, well, I’ve seen one match live and in person and it was…boring. But it’s a big deal in America. And this is the time of […]
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Kiss Me, I’m Irish
Read on…: Kiss Me, I’m IrishOr just shake my hand, because today marks the second St. Patrick’s Day spent in isolation. I am lucky, of course, because two years ago I spent the holiday in Dublin. One of those bucket list kind of things. There I ran into a(n American) friend who was coincidentally in town. Then the next day […]
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And Up We Go Again
Read on…: And Up We Go AgainYesterday I wrote about Covid-19 here in five states of the US. I mentioned how I am concerned about the levelling out of new cases in certain states, notably Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In Italy, the government issued a new round of lockdowns in an attempt to contain a new wave before it swamps their […]