BMW GINA concept
Looking back at latest BMW design trends, I couldn’t expect anything great from these guys. However, this time they have something really interesting.
More photos at Wired.
US average Joe spending
New York Times is really good in non-trivial yet useful data visualizations. Here’s a fragment of the most recent one (click to view full interactive version):
Visualizing CO2 emissions
Australian eco-awareness ad, via O’Reilly Radar
And let them see what they do
Usually we think of the consequences of our actions after we act. Or maybe it’s not even us who acts, we just give them a silent permission. And maybe the consequences are unobservable if not looked for specifically »»»
Visualizing music lyrics
They’ve gathered a big Flickr set of infographics related to music lyrics. The above is my favourite — Madonna’s “Don’t cry for me, Argentina”. Click the image to explore more than a hundred others. Via Information Aesthetics.
Hang drum
Sounds wonderful. Invented in the XXIst century. Art in its commonsense meaning is not dead yet. Wikipedia about hang drum
The age of design
This is Cirrus, The Jet. Look at it. What do you see? I see a live thing… A fish, a dolphin, or a shark possibly. The last thing I think of looking at it is the technology behind it — the engine, the wires inside, etc. It’s hidden deep in the beauty and liveliness of design. Hmm… Did you think of Apple too? Just compare it to Eclipse Concept Jet:
Yes, I know that ECJ is already flying while The Jet is only a wooden model. I see there aren’t even seat belts on it yet. But believe me, The Jet will be a live thing. Only its name reminds me of what it really is. Apple, Cirrus… They make me thinking, whether I will be living in my age, in the age of Design? I hope.
