2011 was a huge year for infographic design. Large companies embraced data renderings as a business strategy like never before, whether it was to promote their brand (GE) or bolster their bottom line (the New York Times).
2011 was a huge year for infographic design. Large companies embraced data renderings as a business strategy like never before, whether it was to promote their brand (GE) or bolster their bottom line (the New York Times).
The Tag: We’re It project (curated by Lee Billington and Lisa Kaselak) uses Microsoft Tag technology to ‘aesthetically explore the relationship between data and memory.’ The large installation includes various Microsoft Tags, which from afar, appear like binary dots scattered across a wall. Smaller black-framed squares can be moved around and depending which Microsoft Tag a block moves over, a particular video will play.
via Microsoft Tags Converted Into Interactive Digital Art @PSFK.
I’ll be speaking at the Minnesota Real Estate Journal’s Interactive Marketing Summit this Friday, September 16, 2011 at the Golden Valley Country Club.  Look for me riffing about what real estate professionals can do to enhance their digital brand at the 8:25 AM ‘Web Optimization Strategies’ session. I have the good fortune to share the stage which Brock Ray, Jake Dietrich and Andrew Steingas.
via Minnesota Real Estate Journal’s Interactive Marketing Summit.
The Infinite Adventure Machine, by London designer David Benqué, can produce countless fairy-tale plots. But theres a twist.
via An App That Can Generate Infinite Bedtime Stories | Co. Design.
You’ve grown to 140 million tweets per day and impacted global politics. It’s time you moved beyond the cartoon birdie. Here’s three takes on a new Twitter logo. Â Here’s one of my favorites.
via For Twitter’s 5th Birthday, New Grown-Up Logos | Fast Company.