Data + Design Project

Brilliant: App Predicts Weather for the Near Future

Monday 11.07.2011 , Posted by

We’ve all had plans to do something outdoors during a day when the weather prediction says 90% chance of rain… but when is that rain going to hit? Now, an in development app called Black Sky aims to answer that question, and look beautiful in the process [Read more...]

Holidays are Covered: App Creates & Mails Your Cards

Thursday 10.27.2011 , Posted by

For all you good people that keep in contact with friends during the holidays, here’s a soon to be released app that could revolutionize your card sending frenzy. Sincerely Ink lets you not only create cards directly on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, but also mail them directly from your contacts. There are over 30 different designs and your messages are guaranteed to arrive or your money back. The current price for each sent card is just $1.69, which when you consider how much time your saving, the fact that it’s a custom card and the cost of postage, is quite a deal. See sincerely.com/ink for more info and to be first to know when the app is released [Read more...]

Instagram Filters: Their Real Life Formulas

Tuesday 10.11.2011 , Posted by

For all you fans of the massively popular iphone photo app Instagram, here’s a graphic that explores how those addictive retro filters could be made with real film cameras. Yeah, it’s a throwback to now vintage technology, but how about telling people that you took that photo with a Holga and then cross-processed your Ektachrome for the effect? For an in-depth look at how the graphics creator, 1000Memories, came up with the film and camera combinations head here. Very cool [Read more...]

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An LA Traffic Story: Visualizing the Commute

Wednesday 03.23.2011 , Posted by

For all that live in the LA basin, this informative animation will be far too familiar. Long distances between all the great things to do in the area, combined with quickly stopping traffic on freeways like the 405 and 5, create roads that are often at a standstill. Waze, in collaboration with Gray Area Foundation and artist Nik Hanselmann, created this animation of hazards and traffic as reported by Waze users. Beginning at 5pm and ending 24 hours later the data really begins to explode as people rush to work around 7am. It’s a sobering look at driving conditions in the City of Angels.

Waze is “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road.” It’s available for most mobile devices.
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Visual Bits #16 > Advance to Go and Collect Links

Friday 03.04.2011 , Posted by


Collect your daily links after the jump! [Read more...]

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First Ever: iPhone App and Music Video Combo

Saturday 11.06.2010 , Posted by

Bringing you the very first interactive music video is Ed Banger Records, who teamed up with the French electronic duo Cassius to deliver an iPhone app that your ears and lips can relax to. Check out the music video featuring the app below, or go to the iTunes Store to download it: I <3 You So

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