In 2010 Tim Berners-Lee returned to TED to follow up his great speech about open and linked data from 2009. At this years conference Sir Berners-Lee presented some of the results that sprouted from open data. Read more
I've compiled a small list of conferences definitely worth visiting in 2010. Events like this are a great way to see, learn, connect and be inspired. If you're lucky enough to get a ticket, be sure to let us know so we could meet up and have a chat. Read more
The Society for News Design has published the call for entries for the 18th International Graphics Awards. The deadline is February 5th and only works that were published between January 1 and December 31, 2009 may be submitted. The winners will be announced at the closing dinner during the Infographics World Summit, on March12, 2010. Read more
Ryan Coleman gives a brief but inspiring presentation about the process of how we see and how that knowledge allows us to create designs that are more visually efficient. This is a nice introduction to a field every information designer should look into. Read more
Get inspired by the talk of Jonathan Harris at the 2007 Pop! Tech event – educative and entertaining, amusing and touching at the same time. Jonathan is the creator of inspiring and playful applications like "We Feel Fine" or "I Want You To Want Me". Read more
On October 16th 2009 the FH Potsdam will host a workshop examining questions about how information visualization influences design, architecture and technology. The workshop will be hosted by Prof. Boris Müller (esono.com) and Moritz Stefaner (well-formed-data.net). Read more
Communicate effectively with interactive Information Visualization – 8th Symposium for Information Design at the Media University Stuttgart, Germany. Read more
This year's Visualizar workshop by the Medialab Prado comes with a very intruiging tagline: Public Data, Data in Public. Accordingly the focus areas are Free Data for Better Science, Open data for a transparent government and Data for Public Debate. Read more
The video capture of Aaron Koblin's presentation at CaT has been published on Creativity-Online.com. Aaron, who's currently working at Google's Creative Lab shows some of his latest projects including Flight Patterns, NYTE, TheSheepMarket.com and his work on the Radiohead video clip "House Of Cards". Read more
Étapes has published a comprehensive video interview with Aaron Koblin. In the interview he talks about his interest in generative art and information visualization as a way to display cultural tendencies and models emerging today. Read more
The sessions from the From Business to Buttons conference in Malmö are made accessible as videos online. Matt Jones from Dopplr.com talks about Persuasive Personal Information and the approach he takes designing the Personal Annual Report on Dopplr.com. Read more
The OECD and the International Institute for Information Design (IIID), based in Vienna, are organising an international conference in Paris, on 18-20 June 2009, about data visualization and information design Read more
Data visualization is still a niche and thus networking a crucial part of the daily work. Events are great to stay up-to-date with current developments as well as meeting peers and cultivate connections.
