Hans Rosling on TED

Hans Rosling – global health professor from Sweden – and his amazing data presentation at one of TED talks.
Infographics visualised with Gapminder

WikiLeaks resources

The Guardian: WikiLeaks Embassy cables with graphic data + Map & Database
Spiegel online: WikiLeaks diplomatic cables
Infosthetics: WikiLeaks cable gate visualisations & infographics

colours of the world

articles on colours of the web brands:
• the most powerful colours of the world
• colours of the social web

Colors of the Social Web from CHROMAom on Vimeo.

V&A maps by Johnson Banks

a collection of maps for V&A and London design festival by johnson banks

Eric Gill got it wrong

Re-evaluation of Gill Sans & comparison to Johnston on Typotheque.

last hours

'Last Hours is a resource focusing on ‘creative resistance’. This can be many things including zine writing and DIY culture, anti-capitalist music and squat parties, or protest and revolutionary activity and probably much much more.'

st. bride's events

St. Bride's Events:
Eric Ravilious Wed 2 Dec
An evening of talks in the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation
Wednesday 2 December, 5.30–8.00pm
Tickets £15 · concessions £10
Designing information before designers Mon 11 - Fri 29 Jan
Monday, Tuesday & Friday 12.00–6.00pm,
Wednesday 12.00–9.00pm,
Thursday 2.30–6.00pm
Illustrated talk in the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation
Thursday 14 January 2010 at 7.00pm; exhibition preview from 5.30
Admission £7 · concessions £5
Zainer's imperfect impressions Tue 23 Feb

wayfinding studios

buronorth blog
design allen
cartlidge levene
studio myerscough
the world as a flatland
fwdesign

ISBN & other book stuff

Bookland: free ISBN codes
Barcode & labeling software

GOOD transparencies archive flickr set

whole lot of infographics from GOOD zine

Imagine Leadership

Great work for the Harvard Business School from XPLANE.com

$ 1 000, 000, 000, 000

Video based on the infographics from Jess Bachman, from WallStats.com
Created by/for Mint.com.

'cool infographics' blog

another infographics blog of another infographics geek

overpopulation is a myth

so is it? overpopulationisamyth.com

grundini

got to send Peter Grundy my portfolio and get a placement, don't forget.
Studio 69,
1 Town Meadow
Brentford,
Middlesex TW8 0BQ
+44 (0)20 8384 1076

miniature earth

what if there were 100 people on the earth? a bit of stats
now appreciate what you have, will you

also: projects by Toby Ng 'The world of 100'

FOOD & WASTE

World Food situation
Food and Agriculture Atlas (maps)
Global Food consumption patterns & trends
World Health Organization Reports
World Food expenditures
EU food consumption database
International food policy research institute: Bioenergy
Global rural-urban mapping project
Biofuels, food prices, and the poor
World food situation: food prices
FT Global Food crisis interactive
ABC: Agricultural Biotechnology Council
Friends of Earth, 50+ TOP recycling tips
Missing links: The global food fight

LOST DARK SKY

National Geographic article + photos and field notes by Jim Richardson
Light pollution
Let's reduce LP in 2009 (Now Public post)
Socyberty Issues: LP
Saving the Night sky (divine caroline: life in your words article)
Environmental protection UK: LP
The night sky n the World (lightpollution.it)
LP Q&A
Wasted light UK
Need-less LP
Bortle Dark sky scale
Over-illumination
Nighttime lights of the world
Night sky maps
Night sky info
Nighttime!
EarthView (from 36 km above, live view)

range of ISSUES for NEWS project

EARTH & WORLD:
• World news (oneWorld)
• biodiversity & who cares? (environmental)
• climate change & global warming, climate change (oneWorld)
• Asian earthquake & tsunami disaster
• Second Genesis: life, but not as we know it, Second Genesis: the search for shadow life (+ slideshow), Second Genesis: making new life, Extreme life forms, Genetics, Evolution, How to hunt for shadow life
• Light pollution: Q&A, environmental protection source, lightpollution.org.uk: wasted light, light pollution atlas, night sky, Wiki, need-less light pollution, light nuisance, BBC page,
Skyglow/light pollution in UK, UK LP maps, Naked eye dark sky visibility, Night sky info, Light cost calculator
• Recycling, Environment agency, light & health, environment: pollution
• Live Earth map

SOCIETY&CULTURE
• poverty: facts & stats, children's deaths
more:
- Where and why?, Poverty around the world,
• Health issues, Diseases: ignored global killers, WHO statistical information system, Global health overview, UNICEF: unite for children

ECONOMY&POLITICS:
• global financial crisis
• global foreign aid shortfall
• corruption
• economic democracy, + The Institute for Economic democracy
• Iraq war

Armenian genocide

24 April: Armenian genocide remembrance day
+ Wiki
+ Armenian genocide interactive: theforgotten.org
+ armeniapedia resource
+ teach genocide
+ armenica
+ Never again campaign against genocide