Todays MOTD, while a bit morbid, is very informational. Created by Doggie Horner for the blog, Comic Vs. Audience, this graphic combines great information design principles (not using boxes around the bullet lists and effective use of white space, to name two), while providing a wide breadth of data around what influenced heavy metal band names.
Today’s MOTD is a metaphor sketch of the current financial crisis. It is a lighthearted take on some serious issues but it is done clearly and with alot of skill.
Today’s MOTD is an interactive Twitter trend map from, www.trendsmap.com.
We do not usually feature interactive maps but I thought this would be a good resource for all of MagaBlog’s followers on Twitter.
Today’s MOTD comes to us from David J Carr’s wordpress blog. He cleaned up a graphic (Top) that was covered by Mike Arauz (Bottom) at his blog.
I think David’s rendition of the graphic adds a lot of high value content without overwhelming or confusing the reader. Sometimes when you try to make a simple chart more specialized, you tend to lose more in translation than you gain, but not with this example.
Analysis and improvement of graphic content and re-rendering visual elements to add value are two things that Maga strives to do in all of its endeavors.
Today’s MOTD comes to us from Gary Hayes and his blog, www.personalizemedia.com.
This graphic depicts 16 Augmented Reality business models and explains the types of AR. The area of AR is exploding and entrepreneurs need to be early adopters of this technology in order to reap the rewards.
One if the first marketplace applications is the Metro Paris application for the IPhone, where one can use the camera to videotape the street you are on and the application will promptly show you where the nearest metro station is. An article about this is here.
Today’s MOTD is a chart of the average number of beats per minute in #1 hit songs from 1960-2009.
Todays MOTD is a monster of an infographic from the May, 17th 2009 issue of Wired magazine. The graphic is exploring the relationships between games of all mediums.
To stay consistent with our site structure, I have provided the largest version of the image i could find, but the link to the original article, complete with a zoomable flash interface is here.
Today’s MOTD is an infographic about the mechanical ’species’ that are found in the rainforest. Created by Oro Verde, The Rainforest Foundation, it is a clever and simple statement against rainforest destruction.
Todays MOTD is a venn diagram of mythical creatures.
Today’s MOTD is another installment of get to know a sport through visualization. Todays graphic is centered around hockey, the oldest known ball and stick game.
The graphic specifically focuses around field hockey as an Summer Olympic sport.