Returning to the infographics, I present a plotting of the cost of living index across the United States. The graph plots states and selected cities horizontally according to longitude and vertically by the index with size variations based on population density and color by per capita income.
I decided to curve the horizon, finding it interesting that in doing so, the baseline across the country graphs straight, as the center of the country has a lower average cost of living (Oklahoma having the lowest per state and Harlingen, Texas being the lowest town) than the coasts (peaking at Manhattan, unsurprisingly).
Book From the Sky installation, 1987-1991by Xu Bing
Sculpture - Mark Fox via us and we art
A map of Nobel prizes and laureates, beautifully rendered by Giorgia Lupi with music by John Cage.
—via Brain Pickings
Soyuz
Blueprint of a Russian Soyuz rocket. Click here to view big..!
omg this is beautiful
edit: this is BIG
Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design
The 180-page binder, the key to the system’s iconic design choices, outlines a meticulous vision of signage intended not merely to look good — though it does — but to simplify navigation of the subterranean labyrinth. In its attention to passenger behavior, the manual goes above and beyond what most of us would term graphic design.
“The subway rider should be given only information at the point of decision,” proclaimed the designers. “Never before. Never after.”
Read more. [Images: NYCTA]
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