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The eyeballing game
The eyeballing game
"Some people are bothered by pictures on the wall hanging slightly crooked. Others may not even be aware that ...
XPLANE visually analyzes media coverage of California’s gay marriage legalization
XPLANE visually analyzes media coverage of California’s gay marriage legalization
Society of News Design analyzes coverage of California’s legalization of same-sex marriage
PORTLAND, Ore. (...
Savings & (mis)Trust video by XPLANE ranks #40 on YouTube’s weekly education favorites
Savings & (mis)Trust video by XPLANE ranks #40 on YouTube’s weekly education favorites
20,000+ viewers watch four-minute video visually explaining the subprime mortgage crisis
PORTLAND, Ore. (Oct....
Graphs that lie
Graphs that lie
"Here's one thing that's making me angry at the moment. In fact there are several things making me a...
David Armano: 5 Things I learned From Dave Gray
David Armano: 5 Things I learned From Dave Gray
David Armano is VP of Experience Design at Critical Mass. He and Dave spent some time together at the IDEA 200...
Savings & (mis)Trust: A Credit Crisis XPLANATiON
Savings & (mis)Trust: A Credit Crisis XPLANATiON
The subprime mortgage crisis XPLANEd: The United States economy is suffering one of the worst financial crises...
U.S. economic meltdown explained in animated movie
U.S. economic meltdown explained in animated movie
XPLANE created video to clearly educate consumers on subprime mortgage crisis
XPLANE, the global information d...
It’s back: ADNOTW
It’s back: ADNOTW
You may remember this from the old days. After a two-year hiatus, Grant is back with splorps' available domain...
Excentro: Guilloches made on a Mac
Excentro: Guilloches made on a Mac
"Excentro is a simple but advanced tool that can create guilloche designs like backgrounds, borders or rosette...
[command save]
[command save]
"Happy back to school and welcome to Command Save! We have uploaded a ton of PSU professor profiles to read as...
Blog/A Brief History of Emil Ruder
Blog/A Brief History of Emil Ruder
"Past examples of structured grid design and typography by Swiss masters such as Josef Müller-Brockmann con...
Sizes May Vary: A Workbook for Graphic Design
Sizes May Vary: A Workbook for Graphic Design
"This book references the varying standardized formats and systems used within graphic design. Part sketchbook...
Raven Maps
Raven Maps
Kevin Kelly: "Raven maps are artwork. They are the most detailed US state maps you can find on one sheet. Prin...
Winner of the Personal Visualization Project is…
Winner of the Personal Visualization Project is…
Last week was the end of our FlowingData personal visualization project. I asked readers to collect data about...
Halftone How-To
Halftone How-To
Dan Zettwoch: "I reckon I'm a little bit too young to have used actual store bought halftone paper, like the l...
Typechart
Typechart
"Typechart lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS.
Browse typogra...
The Pitfalls of Self-Published Books
The Pitfalls of Self-Published Books
"Given all the brouhaha over self-published books (or, more accurately, books on demand) I thought I'd give it...
40 Creative Design Layouts: Getting Out Of The Box
40 Creative Design Layouts: Getting Out Of The Box
"Over the last months we have seen a strong trend towards more individual web designs. These designs use reali...
The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame
The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame
"Since 1971, the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame has recognized and honored those innovators who have made sig...
Earth 2030: Animated movie addresses global energy usage trends and actions for positive change
Earth 2030: Animated movie addresses global energy usage trends and actions for positive change
XPLANE created four-minute movie for global BASF Group
PORTLAND, Ore. (Sept. 3, 2008) -- XPLANE, a global con...
We Have A Winner! (This American Life t-shirt contest)
We Have A Winner! (This American Life t-shirt contest)
Former XPLANER Brian Kaas is the big winner in the TAL t-shirt contest. Yay Brian!
A big thanks to the hundre...
Infoviz art
Infoviz art
A slideshow at Slate: "How artists are mining data sets to make you see the unseen.... Display an unwieldy mas...
Let’s get XPLANE to SXSW 2009!
Let’s get XPLANE to SXSW 2009!
Hey xBlog readers, if you want, you could go vote for this panel to be part of next year's SXSW :-)
Shift Happ...
XPLANE jumps to #1,276 on Inc. 5,000
XPLANE jumps to #1,276 on Inc. 5,000
Visual thinking and design firm moves more than 1,000 spots since 2007
XPLANE was ranked 1,276 on the 2008 In...