Monthly Archives: December 2009

Data Tables In Modern Web Design

Written by admin. Posted on December 29, 2009. Filed under Articles, Data Visualisation, Design, Infographics, Lists, Web Design. Tagged , . No comments.
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Matt Cronin of Neuro Software has written an interesting article on the different approaches to displaying tabular data. Tables have played a major part of web design and graphic designers are always keen to add their own personal touch to make them more usable, as well as interesting.

Cosmic Anomalies

Written by admin. Posted on December 22, 2009. Filed under Data Visualisation, Design, Grid Design, Infographics, Magazines. Tagged , . No comments.
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Vanessa Lam has created a beautiful piece of print for the Society for Scientific Inquiry of Paranormal Atmospheric and Cosmic Anomalies. This 48 page infographic zine about UFOs, inspired by scientific journals and looney ufologists alike, is full of hard data and statistics, glitches, and conspiracies. Printed on newsprint and only $5 to buy! Beautiful.

Unimark International

Written by admin. Posted on December 22, 2009. Filed under Books, Design. Tagged . 1 Comment.
Unimark International
Unimark International was innovative in expanding the boundaries of design, business and technology in the early 1960s and early ’70s, sometimes leaping ahead of the norm by many decades. The company deserves recognition for its influence in a specific era of design history and for the many ideas and achievements – in the USA, Europe, [...]

Penguin Grid, 1961

Written by admin. Posted on December 21, 2009. Filed under Books, Grid Design. Tagged . No comments.
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(Via Gridness)

Templates for Rapid Interactive Prototyping on 960 gs

Written by admin. Posted on December 21, 2009. Filed under Design, Grid Design, Utilities, Web Design. 1 Comment.
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Stephen Bau has created a collection of useful web elements built on Nathan Smith’s 960 grid system. The Fluid 960 Grid System templates have been built upon the work of Nathan Smith and his 960 Grid System using effects from the MooTools and jQuery JavaScript libraries.

The Known Universe by AMNH

Written by admin. Posted on December 20, 2009. Filed under Data Visualisation, Design, Film, Research. No comments.
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If you haven’t watched this yet, you should.

An animated homage to Josef Müller-Brockmann

Written by admin. Posted on December 18, 2009. Filed under Design, Film, Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann. No comments.
An oldie, but worth taking a look. A video remix of Josef Müller-Brockmann’s work by garythebutcher.

Analysis of the Top20 Private Banking Websites

Written by admin. Posted on December 18, 2009. Filed under Business, Data Visualisation, Design, Lists, News, Research, Swiss, Web Design. Tagged , . No comments.
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The Private Banking websites of UBS, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse come out as winners in the benchmarking of the online presence of the world’s top 20 Wealth Managers by MetaBank, an online Swiss banks database. In the study, UBS ranked first, with a total score of 82 out of possible 100 points. The UBS [...]

Grid Style In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Resources

Written by admin. Posted on December 18, 2009. Filed under Articles, Design, Grid Design, Web Design, Wordpress. 1 Comment.
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A great introduction to Grid-basd web design by Instant Shift, with plenty of inspirational resources and hints and tips to using grid systems in your web design. At the bottom of the list you’ll also find some free word press themes that follow the grid design principles.

Basel Pilgrimage

Written by admin. Posted on December 16, 2009. Filed under Articles, Design, Education, Grid Design, Photography, Posters, illustration. Tagged , . No comments.
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Oliver Bothwell of noclichésallowed spent the last week with the Information Design pathway exploring the typographic history of Switzerland in and around Basel. noclichésallowed is a collaboration started by seven graphic designers all of whom have a link to the LCC. Oliver has put together a nice collection of vintage posters and other snaps that [...]