We’ve noticed a number of retailers experimenting with virtual display formats over the last 18 months. These types of stores allow for almost any environment to be easily transformed into retail space, with very low startup costs and space requirements. By utilizing simple technology, transitional urban spaces such as subway and train platforms can be repurposed for entirely new uses.
via Example: Shop For Groceries On Train Platforms From Virtual Grocery Displays – PSFK
In June of this year, we published an infographic listing all of the sizing information for images on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest. It was a wildly successful piece of content, totally blowing our expectations out of the water. Unfortunately, while its popularity has flourished, nearly every social network instituted changes to their image sizes, rendering most of the information on the infographic out of date.
via The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet – LunaMetric.
StadiumVision Mobile technology in use at the Barclay’s center in Brooklyn, NY is a first of its kind the brings live replays and stats to life.
 
via Stadium App Lets Fans Order Food And Get On-Court Close Ups – PSFK.
To make a good infographic, you’ll need a little stats know-how and a little graphic design know-how. Unfortunately, as the format has exploded over the past few years, we’ve seen heaps of work from people who have plenty of the latter but little of the former–beautiful graphics that don’t really tell us much, or, worse yet, obscure the facts. What’s needed is some democratization in the other direction, tools that let people with a good grip on data create visualizations without any proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite. Chartwell is one such example. Stately makes things simpler yet.
via Infographic: Font Lets You Make Data Maps Of The U.S., Just By Typing | Co.Design.
The Mail Online now outperforms The New York Times, The Guardian, and pretty much every other online news property in terms of unique visitors. It generated almost $40 million last year, an increase of 500% since 2008.
via Lessons From The Web’s Most Ruthlessly Addictive Site | Co.Design.
