MetaFilter posts tagged with graphics

Vintage Japanese Matchbox Labels

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:21:17 -0800

Japanese Matchbox Labels is a fine collection (flickr set) of wonderful vintage eye candy from the Japan of the 1920s through the 1940s. And while I'm here, let me just tack on another flickr set: Vintage Japan Graphics. Altogether different from the matchbook stuff, but fun. And BTW, if the main link looks familiar to you, and you're thinking "DOUBLE!", it's probably this FPP from 2006 posted by jonson (I miss jonson), from the same flickr user, maraid.

Somethin' New From Chemistry

mattdidthat — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:59:59 -0800

Graphic Concrete is a process with which textures, patterns, typography, images, or works of art can be "printed" on concrete surfaces, with subtle and dramatic results. Invented by Finnish designer and architect Samuli Naamanka, Graphic Concrete is being used in projects all over the globe.

Flip Flop Fly Ball - Sports infographics.

Ufez Jones — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:35:04 -0800

Flip Flop Fly Ball - Baseball infographics and other visual treats. Highlights: How tall is the Green Monster?, Assembling and dismantling the '86 Mets, and Wu-Tang Clan vs. E-Street Band.

Poster design and The Beggarstaffs

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:57:06 -0800

"Pryde and I came across it one day in an old stable, on a sack of fodder. It is a good, hearty, old English name, and it appealed to us, so we adopted it immediately." That's how The Beggarstaffs, a short lived but influential paring of graphic designers, got their name. The Beggarstaffs were William Nicholson and James Pryde, brothers-in-law who wanted to use their artist talents to get rich at commerical art to fund their private art. While their grand plans for making money didn't work out, they did create some groundbreaking images as J & W Beggarstaff, such The Beefeater, Don Quixote, Kassam Corn Flour, Rowntree's Elect Cocoa, Pantomime Poster and A Trip to Chinatown After the duo professionally went their ways, both continued working in the arts. Nichlson returned to printmaking, creating the Nicholson Alphabet, An Almanac of 12 sports, a poster of Sarah Bernhardt and various other prints. Pryde returned to painting and did a series of paintings known as the Human Comedy. He sometimes was an actor and set designer, including the designs for Paul Robeson's Othello run at the Savoy Theatre.

You've Been Served

netbros — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:43:43 -0800

The Served is a family of sites that brings you a steady supply of top quality creative work in specific categories: Fashion, Industrial Design, Photography [some nsfw], Typography, and Motion Graphics. All projects are streamed directly from the owner's portfolios in the Behance Network, along with proper attribution and a direct link to contact information.

Clever clever logo logo

maudlin — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:26:06 -0800

You may have already noticed some of the visual tricks in these logos. Or maybe not. (I never saw the b--- in the T-------- logo before.) Or maybe you just think these are too obvious for words and there are much better examples out there. (via)

Pixel City

GuyZero — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:58:45 -0800

Pixel City is a procedurally generated cityscape by Shamus Young. Procedurally generated graphics have a long history of producing attractive results with extremely small amounts of code, like Elevated, which was generated by just 4K of code, automatically generated video game content (also, Spore) or the generation of realistic water flows. Note the last demo reel may have been the test for a new film mentioned previously.

The Future of Eating Out

netbros — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:31:53 -0800

The Inamo restaurant in London's fashionable SoHo district isn't known for its splendid food or accommodating waitresses. Instead, this new Asian fusion eatery is getting raves for its use of a touch pad-projection system that allows diners to send food orders directly to the chefs and makes the dining experience fully interactive. It's all one graphic application, with new iconography for signs and menus, graphic wallpaper and tablecloths, shopfront etched patterns and illuminated screens. Every table at Inamo has its own image projector, meaning every person essentially gets to eat off a giant computer screen. This allows the restaurant to offer several interesting experiences, like selecting the mood of the table by choosing between different "place mat" images and videos. While you're waiting for your meal to arrive, you can click on a kitchen camera that let's you see your food being prepared, play different types of computer board games, and when you're done, you can separate bills and boot up a map to figure out your next destination.

Moops Grawfucks and Interaccidents

carsonb — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:08:30 -0800

We've very much enjoyed the beautiful work of the NYT graphic and infovisual design staff bef ore, but what about when those glorious graphs and interactive adventures don't turn out as expected? Still pretty neat.

Abbey Road Forever

Dex Quire — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:33:31 -0800

A Day in the Life of Abbey Road; (sorry for the prosaic lead-in link - at least I didn't use the word "iconic!") Enjoy watching Beatles' fans and locals negotiate London's famous Abbey Road crosswalk. I miss album covers; I'm of the generation of high school kids who spent a zillion hours flipping through them in record stores. The best of them - like Abbey Road - could be high-impact and sometimes accompanied their records like a kind of graphic mini-novel. What were some of your favorites and why?

interactive feature highlights

krautland — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:50:15 -0800

Journalism may be going through a painful period but thanks to the web the once lowly information graphic is finally growing up to be all it never could on paper. Especially the New York Times seems to currently stand out in how frequently and quickly they build amazingly detailed and insightful interactive features. Consider the tracking of US Airways Flight 1549 or the piece on raising its engine from the Hudson. Other recent highlights: 9,955,441 parking tickets issues in NYC mapped by street, The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008, Ansel Adams's Yosemite, the view from the 10-meter platform explained, A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses 1789 to the Present, A Map of the number of medals that countries won in summer Olympic Games, Going to the End of the Line, The 44 Places to go in 2009, an explanation of how the Pentagon responded to criticism of then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, The Soyuz Spacecraft, How the Towers Stood and Fell and many, many, more. I am of course aware that it's not just the NYT that's doing great interactive work these days. one example I particularly like is the Los Angeles County Homicide Map but they closed down the accompanying blog. please do feel free to add more great examples. I'm merely trying to get the ball rolling.

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac . The zodiac is well worth flirting with.

Smart Dalek — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:32:45 -0800

In 2005, graphic artist Kentaro Nagai was struck by the play on words between peace and piece in relation to global politics. This concept was expanded in an exhibition entitled Twelve Animals, where Nagai rearranged outlines of the world's landmasses into shapes respective of the aspects of the Chinese Zodiac. [via]

Radical Graphics

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:45:50 -0800

Radical Graphics you can use in your flyers against the system.

Queens of InfoVis

AceRock — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:02:19 -0800

Ever see an awesome graphic or visualization in the New York Times and wonder who did it? Chances are it's either Amanda Cox or Megan Jaegerman. More highlights... Amanda Cox Oil Prices Reach a Symbolic Mark All of Inflation's Little Parts The Ebb and Flow of Movies Megan Jaegerman Spotting a Hidden Handgun The Jumping Off Points: Moves that will be made in Free Skating Programs From Mantauk to Cape May: The State of Beaches Forest Field Guide Playing Cornerback: Cover to Cover Much more here.

Tips for Tech Users, Designers, Bloggers

netbros — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:07:55 -0800

Hongkiat.com is a treasure trove from a Malaysian designer, developer that features Photoshop tutorials, icons, Wordpress tips and tricks, tools for everything from sound to Flickr, inspirations, graphics and templates, stunning wallpapers including for Windows 7, Leopard, and iPhone, and finally a library of how-to's to make your everyday internet simpler.

EVLTube - Early Computer Animation at UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory

carsonb — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:40:06 -0800

Electronic Masks and Calculated Movements are two early computer animation projects featured at EVLTube, the YouTube channel for UIC's Electronic Visualization Laboratory. In additon to the video archive, the EVL website also features a trove of interesting current EV projects like snstncntnrs and Unfolding Space, not to mention extensive notes on the fascinating research conducted and devices used at the facility. According to the video's notes, Calculated Movements is a 'later work' of Larry Cuba, who is perhaps best known for creating the Death Star computer graphics in Star Wars Episode IV.

Verlets fluttering in the wind

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:34:52 -0800

Cloth Physics Simulation

How do I Injury Me? Let Me Count the Ways.

sp160n — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:31:01 -0800

A cornucopia of 'pictorial representations' of safety messages for industry. All images freely available in EPS and and DXF format. My personal favorite is this rather unfortunate situation.

picturing childhood

nickyskye — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:29:33 -0800

FairyTaleFilter: SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 49 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations, 1,600 folktales & fairy tales from around the world in more than 40 full-text eBooks. Fairy Tale timeline. l Women Children's Book Illustrators l The Evolution of the Illustrated Children's Book l Some really beautiful free graphics and clipart from Grandma's Graphics. Rare 1923 edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. Three More Early Tenggren Books Samples of images: exotic, dream-like, odd, fun, charming, cool, avatars. Previously

Quest for a true 3D Mandelbrot Fractal.

loquacious — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:58:17 -0800

Quest for a true 3D Mandelbrot Fractal - a very nice exploration of Mandelbrot/Julia set fractals in various kinds of 3D space.

Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness

phrontist — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:44:37 -0800

Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness

Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America

y2karl — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:44 -0800

I am Walmarticus! --Watch me grow....

HistoryShots—information-related history graphics

cgc373 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:41:58 -0800

Looking for the graphic "The Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music" I remembered from Tufte, I found HistoryShots. [previous mention]

buum bom boom bonk!

madamjujujive — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:08:14 -0800

Retronomatopeya - cute collection of comic book images and language conveying sound and motion. Also see anastasiav's prior post: Ka-BOOM, the Dictionary of Comic Book Words on Historical Principles. (via oink!) Other fun (mostly Spanish) retro graphics sets on flickr from el estratografico: - old urban stuff - old paper stuff - 50s Spanish sci fi novels - old 45s

screamyGuy

brundlefly — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:39:39 -0800

screamyGuy: Random Acts of Programming [created using Processing]