Once again, I've no time to write something long, so I'll get off with pictures: * top left — history of color distribution of movie posters over 100 years; * bottom left — history of the volume of LEGO pieces sold by color over 50 years; * top right — colors of cars by years of production over 30 years (on the data of Polish car sales sites); * bottom right — main colors in the paintings over 200 years (according to the data of the BBC archive).

Glocal Pool Tagspace Visualizations by blprnt_van https://flic.kr/p/5sfk5M

Fantastic overview of ‘generous interfaces’ for cultural heritage collections, with lots of infovis examples along the way

A Portuguese-born designer, author, lecturer, and researcher, Lima was once described by his peers as “the man who turns data into art.” In his Book of Circles, we are taken on a similar visual journey to his earlier work, the Book of Trees. Each chapter is separated into type of visualization, resulting in a very eclectic sorting of pairs. You will find musical scores set next to chromosome charts, spiraling clay glyphs next to board games from the 1800s, and family trees of ancient Carribbean lizards next to a listing of beers by geographic provenance. This is the third addition of his work into the library system, the first two being The Book of Trees and Visual Complexity. If you’re interested in more mapping of complex networks, I’d recommend tuning in to Lima’s website: http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

Tourists density on the first floor of the Louvre recovered from geo-tags of Instagram photos. For reference: here is a map of the first floor with major artifacts marked. Source.

A visualisation of the length of Terms and Conditions for different social networks. It’s enough to put you off Instagram for life! HT https://twitter.com/hailmika/status/992391607302451200