a simple infographic illustrating how the gap between the average CEO & the average worker drastically widened between 1970 & 2005.

[link: portfolio.com|thnkx Martin]

an online street map displaying the exact location of recent crimes in Oakland, including murder, robbery, burglary, vandalism, or alcohol. the map allows users to explore the crime data by location, weekly/monthly frequency or type.

“we hope to inspire local governments to use this data visualization model for the public release of many different kinds of data: tree plantings, new schools, applications for liquor licenses, & any other information that matters to people who live in neighborhoods.”

[link: oakland.crimespotting.org|thnkx Tom!]

the truly impressive 3D & animated information graphics shown during the long opening sequence of the movie Stranger than Fiction. all visual effects were developed by MK12 studio. (i.e. infographic art, closing credits effects) & Intelligent Creatures (i.e. opening scene, flat demolition).

when will there be an augmented reality application capable of overlaying such real-time information, especially for the data-addicted between us?

[link: mk12.com (Quicktime, closing credits)& wikipedia.org & sonypictures.com & youtube.com|thnkx Andrea!]

see also An Inconvenient Truth infographics.

a proposal for information displays to be placed in main streetside entrance of the planned Transbay Transit Center & Tower in downtown San Francisco. the displays are meant to convey live graphic train scheduling, & densities in the urban fabric formed by the intersection of various transit routes.

trains, buses & other transit types are tracked, & their positions & times to departure are indicated by their distance from the outside edge of the building. over time, passengers could develop a mental model of the transit system at various times throughout the day.

in an alternative concept, a live display of the various transportation networks reveals the current state to the travelers, to allow them to understand the current range of transportation possibilities available to them, & make better decisions on where to go and when.

[link: stamen.com|thnkx Tom!]

who needs fancy LED lights or an expensive projection installation to create a large-scale, dynamic “media facade”?

[links: improveverywhere.com & revver.com or youtube.com]

two different concepts of wearable displays (or “performative textiles”) shown at the recent siggraph conference.

kameraflage is a display garment with elements that appear only in digital photographs as a sort of digital camouflage. for instance, students at private schools & employees of chain-stores will be able to express themselves to their camera phone toting peers.

Animated Textiles uses cloth as an animated surface that is receptive & responsive to external stimuli. all electronic components such as LED lights & circuits are fully integrated into the fabric. in the future, both cloth & clothing will be able to display real-time data input from a variety of sources

[links: c0nn0r.info & hexagram.org|via guardian.co.uk]

a collection of what seems to be tactical geographical maps used by the US military during the Iraq war. due to the use of short slogan verbs, I am not sure to interpret them as informational maps or just infographic-like encouragement posters to boost soldier morale?

the maps are part of Jenny Holzer collection at the Venice Biennale, which mostly consists of enlarged, painted versions of declassified government & military material obtained from the American National Security Archive. the black strips of censured text on the sensitive material describing issues in Guantánamo Bay, Iraq & Afghanistan merge as a piece of abstract art.

[links: flickr.com & spruethmagers.com|via we-make-money-not-art.com]

see also military slide design & its redesign.

a network diagram which documents every instance of the phrase “is the new” encountered from various sources in 2005. it is intended to map the iterations of a peculiarly common marketing and literary device. (luckily, “awake is the new sleep”).

[link: thediagram.com|via TomC]

see also visuwords graphical dictionary & javascript visual wordnet