I adore Visual Complexity. It is a pseudo-scientific project that combines statistics, algorithms, graphic design and information architecture to produce visual representations of complex relations and networks.
Right.
For example, the first image underneath represents an overview of the many, many recorded covers of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” in relation to the original versions of the band – still a fairly simple information cluster. The second graphic shows all songs listened to on social music software last.fm during a period of 18 months. Colours, thickness of lines and font size all have their specific meaning.
Visual Complexity makes bare information and slick design meet. The product, for all its uselessness, is mysteriously exciting to look at.
… Not just for nerds!
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hey jen, kuck dir mal langlands und bell an, die machen sowas auch. und du hast recht, nicht nur für nerds. :)
Comment by kristin February 5, 2008 @ 10:16 pmfeines blogging, was du da hast.