data making art!
real time wind map of the United States
Via @anildash
typical shapes of concrete blocks
Developing the method behind Polaroid film is kinda like playing an over-sized game of Jenga. Careful, Johnson! Carrreeefuuuulll.
Polaroid Story for Life Magazine - Fritz Goro
p.s. Fritz Goro is an awesome science photographer who also invented macro-photography!
“ This is about visual thinking and visual evidence,” Tufte says. “It’s not about commercial art. The last thing in the world that’s needed here is a designer. What’s needed is an analytical, statistical, quantitative approach. Reporting is different than pitching. Artists who design for marketing purposes inherently have problems with credibility. This is something very different in spirit. It’s about accountability and transparency—with heavy, heavy amounts of data.
— Romano has a really good conversation with Edward Tufte about going to work for Obama (via newsweek)
Haiti Disaster Relief: A Global Effort
