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GOOD Magazine’s Transparency section, the folks who make the swanky infographics we regularly admire, were recently interviewed by The Bygone Bureau. The infographics are known for taking staggering and complex chunks of statistical data and converting them into digestible and often beautiful visual representations.
GOOD Magazine brings in different designers to work on the graphics and tackle issues from immigration to fuel efficiency, often putting a new perspective on a current predicament. Phil Lubliner, a Brooklyn-based designer, discussed his experience working on a Transparency graphic:
“We’ve always admired the way other designers had solved the challenges the Transparencies presented,” Lubliner said. “There’s [...]

Webdesigner Depot has compiled an exhaustive list of 50 different data visualization examples from around the web. All bases are covered here, from social media ecosystem mapping to music visualization. There are hours of really interesting stuff to wade through.
Seen above: The Hierarchical Structure of the Internet and Arc

Designer John Brennan recently won the Social Actions Change the Web Challenge for his live map of positive social change going on around the world. Brennan is also the creator of imdoingmypart.org, a site that breaks down small ways to improve life on the planet.
Triple Pundit explains the project:
Every moment of every day, somewhere in the world, people are volunteering, donating, signing petitions, making loans and doing other important social work. But before John Brennan came along, there was no way to visualize this change in progress. Using the Social Actions API, which aggregates social action data from over 50 [...]

Comic style, or image based storytelling/communication as the new standard? Interesting thought.
[via Klintron]