July 2011
2 posts
A Visual, Experiential Walk in the Park →
V + E = DIT
(Visuals + Experiential = Divergent Inspirational Thinking)
Visuals for Change’s own Amanda Lyons will lead VizThink NYC’s next event, an excursion in…
InfoViz week in Rennes, France, soon a report →
There was a lot of brainwork this week in Rennes France bringing together web developpers, web designers, graphic designers, telecom engineers, political sciences students, etc to work on…
May 2011
2 posts
VizThink NYC Summer Social →
VizThink NYC Summer Social
Come out and get to know the community of New York area visual thinkers for an evening of socializing as we gear up for another great summer in the city.
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Creative Thinking: Aquanotes →
Hello VizThinkers, check out this interesting post by writer and speaker Scott Berkun:
When you are known as a writer on creativity, people send you things. Recently I was forwarded…
April 2011
2 posts
Sketchnotes from Healthcare Experience Design... →
The first annual Healthcare Experience Design Conference took place in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, April 11th, 2011. What a day! The conference mission is “improving health through…
VizThink NYC: The Power of Visual Communication →
For VizThink NYC’s third workshop of 2011 BigBlueGumball took the crowd on a fun and engaging trip into the world of visual communication. Steve and Todd Cherches (also known as Todd and Steve…
March 2011
2 posts
The Sketchbook Project: A Visual Concert Tour →
When a person grabs a bound book of blank pages and begins to fill them, the resulting visual journals display fascinating stories, both deeply personal and oddly fulfilling. The unique…
VizThink NYC: Drawing for Thinkers →
No, the picture on the right is not from some ritualistic cult ceremony or a crazy torture experiment…it is from the February 2011 VizThink NYC event entitled “Drawing for Thinkers…
February 2011
2 posts
Lynda Barry’s Cure for Fear of Drawing →
Lynda Barry’s new book Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book takes her invention, the graphic memoir, into uncharted territory. She brings back Marlys and Arna, characters from her…
Infographic as Advertisement? →
I had a chance to sit down for a brief conversation with Barry A. Martin, Principal at Toronto marketing communications firm, Hypenotic. One of Hypenotic’s long time clients is Fiesta Farms,…
January 2011
5 posts
Daniel Weil: Drawing the Process →
Like many designers, Pentagram’s Daniel Weil uses sketching to visualize, generate and refine his ideas. Weil has, by his estimation, more than 375 sketchbooks, going all the way back to…
Digging Deeper into Nancy Duarte’s “Resonate” →
VizThink recently came across a thoughtful book review pointing out “five less-talked-about gems” in presentation master Nancy Duarte‘s latest book Resonate. The review was…
Interactive Scale of the Universe →
On the order of Charles and Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten, here’s an interactive graphic that helps one visually comprehend relationships of scale. Move the giant slider to zoom in and…
SketchCamp: San Francisco May 28, 2011 →
SketchCamp is a conference that is bringing together the most forward-thinking UX practitioners from North America for an intense one-day San Francisco session focused on sketching for…
Daily Drawing: Every Person in New York →
Jason Polan started Every Person in New York in March of 2008. He draws very quickly, in two minutes or less, in all sorts of public locations and tries not to be noticed. He plans on working on…
December 2010
3 posts
Collection of Free Symbols: The Noun Project →
If it’s not already on your radar, you’ll want to know about this fantastic digital clearinghouse amassing free symbols for the masses: The Noun Project
Started by California creative…
[Simple Tools] Business Origami →
VizThink was recently speaking with Jess McMullin, President at the Centre for Citizen Experience in Edmonton, Canada, about how he uses visual tools and techniques in his innovation work. “I’m…
September 2010
3 posts
Nadine Pauw →
Nadine was born & educated in the UK, forming her first business at the age of 22. She is an award winning online learning consultant. Her clients have included Walt Disney, Sony, Coca…
The Concise: Visual Thinking & Entrepreneurship →
When invited to write something about our latest business venture in the context of visual thinking and entrepreneurship, this got me analyzing exactly how we had arrived where we now are and where…
New Web 2.0 Map: Locating the “Points of Control” →
Interesting to see the Web 2.0 Summit continue to use powerful metaphor to drive interest in technology. This “interactive” map is interesting both for what it does and doesn’t…
August 2010
13 posts
VizLinks | Visual Thinking Bookmarks for August... →
A collection of visual thinking links found on the web in the past few days by our editors & vizthink community contributers. Have a link suggestion? Tweet it or add it to delicious and be sure…
Visual Thinking, Mind Mapping, Design and more:... →
Sunni Brown’s Ignite Talk at FOO Camp: The Doodle... →
Here, VizThinker Sunni Brown gives a concise and hilarious presentation on the power of the doodle.
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Sunni Brown and the…
[Event] Storm the Games: Bringing on the Doodle... →
“Place a pencil and pad near the telephone of any human of more than primeval intelligence and the bet is ten to one that he’ll doodle during his next telephone call.” So said Steven Arundel,…
The beauty of data visualization: David McCandless... →
David McCandless show that information can be beautiful and even funny.
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[Podcast] Visual Miscellaneum: An…
DemocraSEE: The Emergence of Visual Politics and... →
The use of information graphics in the context of political life is not new. Journalistic infographics have historical roots in both the art of political satire (James Gillray) and…
[Books] Visual Meetings by David Sibbet →
David Sibbet is one of the leading minds in the visual thinking & facilitation industry, and when David has a new book or product, it’s worth stopping to take notice. His organization,…
The New York Times & Infographics: How they do it. →
Gestalten, creators of some fantastic visual oriented content including books, video & other media recently posted an episode of their Gestalten.tv podcast where they sat down wia…
VizLinks | Visual Thinking Bookmarks for August... →
A collection of visual thinking links found on the web in the past few days by our editors & vizthink community contributers. Have a link suggestion? Tweet it or add it to delicious and be sure…
[Webinar] Design & Politics: A Conversation With... →
Last week, Scott Thomas (aka @SimpleScott), Design Director for the 2008 Obama campaign joined us here at VizThink for a conversation about his experiences during the campaign and how design…
Red Eye - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com →
July 2010
13 posts
VizLinks | Visual Thinking Bookmarks for July 22nd →
A collection of visual thinking links found on the web in the past few days by our editors & vizthink community contributers. Have a link suggestion? Tweet it or add it to delicious and be sure…
7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs →
VizLinks | Visual Thinking Bookmarks for July 20th →
A collection of visual thinking links found on the web in the past few days by our editors & vizthink community contributers. Have a link suggestion? Tweet it or add it to delicious and be sure…
Project: Create an Infographic About Childhood... →
In defense of games in the workplace - O'Reilly... →
Interview w/Dave Gray about the forthcoming book Gamestorming
Online Event! Design & Politics: A Conversation... →
Here at VizThink, we were inspired by the role that visual design and expression played in the last presidential election campaign in the United States. Not only was design a very key…
What is Visual Thinking? A Question for the... →
First off, I know, I know – things have been really quiet around here but all for a good reason… in the background we’ve been working hard on a new version of the site and some really…
June 2010
5 posts
VizLinks | Visual Thinking Bookmarks for June 1st →
A collection of visual thinking links found on the web in the past few days by our editors & vizthink community contributers. Have a link suggestion? Tweet it or add it to delicious and be sure…