This infographic is titled “15 Things You Didn’t Know About Star Trek” and sadly, I thought I’d be familiar with more than just 4 of the factoids.
I Googled the artist who created the graphic, Ricky Linn, and I like his portfolio.
The T-Shirt War by Ibrahim Nergiz: “222 t-shirts, 2 days, 1 fire extinguisher.”
I like the sound effects the best.
The use of negative and positive space on paper: by subtracting from the whole, the surrounding space gains. I am not sure who the original artist is but leave a comment if you do.
Aww.
A cool visualization of how NYC subway ridership has evolved over the last century.
More at the artist’s website and Visual Complexity.
“The two maps on the top are only a few months apart; however, they are separated by a drastic shift in mindset. The one on the left is the foldout map from 1932, still trying to conform to the geographical accuracy of its many stations. The one on the right, from 1933, was the brainchild of engineering draftsman Harry Beck, who decided to disregard geography for sake of legibility and understanding, leading to an irreversible path to abstraction.”
A designer named Tomas Nilsson interprets the fairytale of “Little Red Riding Hood” using informational graphics and animations. My favorite visualization is right around 1:25.
Q: What would the United States flag, dollar bill and square states look like if they were updated to web 2.0 standards?
A: They’d have pink gradients, beta seals, bubbley text and rounded corners for sure!
Often dismissed as cryptic by the common New Yorker, these NYC subway hieroglyphs actually provide some interesting information about our beloved subway cars to the MTA maintenance people. I think the decals are visually interesting, too.
My friend Kayla and her husband visited Banksy’s latest installation in NYC called The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill last year and were enthralled with his art so they decided to make their 2008 holiday cards “Banksy themed” — nice.
Here’s more on Banksy. He’s genius.
Banksy’s official website
Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill website
Village Pet Store videos on YouTube
Banksy on Wikipedia
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