Cee Bee's List: design

Transparent Cities is a website that explores and shares inspiring parts of art, design and music. Ran by lost.ghost, the site was formerly known as DeadCitiesLostGhosts and started in January of 2009 as a way of sharing almost everything about art that he liked.

Now, the site has a different shape and more people to contribute to it. Every other Wednesday, we publish an interview with an artist that we really like so that you get to know him better, when the third Friday of each month you’ll have the chance to enjoy a mixtape from upcoming djs. Throughout the week you can find a bunch of posts on photography, design, illustration, painting, drawing, sculpture, street art, short animation/films, extreme sports video and music. And finally, every day you can experience a moment of lost.ghost’s day – a photograph taken with his iPhone on Instagram.

Exploring and understanding cultural data through interactive timelines

Gaining insight into the content of databases, which continue to increase in size and complexity, is no longer possible without the help of specialised software, such as data visualisation tools. They are able to translate a dataset into a graphical image, which allows a user to see the data, discover patterns and trends, and understand correlations which otherwise might be obscured.

In my research I intend to develop techniques for visualising cultural data over time. While many methods have been developed to visualise quantitative data, such as financial, statistical or meteorological quantities, the visualisation of cultural data, such as collections of works of art, objects, pieces of music or writing, has scarcely been explored so far. An important question will be, how to represent such data in a graphical space, and not only the data itself, but its meta data and context, its embeddedness in time and in the dataset as a whole. How to order and position events and artefacts in a way that their semantic meaning and relevance is revealed?

My visualisation tools can take the form of interactive timelines, which allow a user to explore large collections of cultural data through intuitive modes of interaction. Thereby I tackle some of the challenges, that emerge from mapping temporal data to graphical space. Time is not as uniform and precise as it is often treated and these peculiarities need to be taken into account, in the visual design as well as in the underlying algorithms that curate interactive timelines.

"Located in the beautiful state of OREGON, USA. A locally owned company, taking pride in making beautiful, durable, high quality garments. The entire process from knitting of the fabric, through cutting, sewing and shipping is done in our Portland, Oregon factory."

"This is the collaboration site of Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. We invent new ways for people to think and talk about data.
As technologists we ask, Can visualization help people think collectively? Can visualization move beyond numbers into the realm of words and images?

As artists we seek the joy of revelation. Can visualization tell never-before-told stories? Can it uncover truths about color, memory, and sensuality?"

"One of the most common questions I get asked is how to get started with data visualisations. Beyond following blogs, you need to practise – and to practise, you need to understand the tools available. In this article, I want to introduce you to 20 different tools for creating visualisations: from simple charts to complex graphs, maps and infographics. Almost everything here is available for free, and some you have probably installed already."

"baddaymagazine"

Curated by Qing Zhou & Weimar Yao in 2009

simple style is a blogzine based in China. We focus on art, photography, design and independent publication.

Print-process is the new sister company to the online print shop Blanka. Print-Process was born out of the concept of creating print in a more democratic and liberating way for our customers.



With Print-Process the idea is to give more power to the customer. We have 1 fixed price structure [depending on the size of print you order] and the artists all work democratically to the same system. The customer can choose the print they want to own, but now depending on their finances or the size of the space they live in, they can chose the same great work but now are able to specify the size and better control the price they pay.

"The digital language reinterprets and creates a dialogue between ancient and contemporary treatment. The wood completes the image by embedding in the real the intangible work of digital art. We designed the light box with the help of
Olivier Dollé, designer. It is made of Cocobolo, illustrations printed on Plexiglas.
Size 40x60x9 cm."

The Emerging Designer was founded by Melissa Hall as a way to showcase new designers, offer tips and resources for building a brand and developing a worldwide fashion community. Whether your line is in development, a year old, or thriving at a few years out, all designers are welcome to be a part of The Emerging Designer network.

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