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There’s Something About Yellow

Written for Visual.ly Maroon. Chartreuse. Marigold. Cerulean. There are many colors to choose from when designing infographics and data visualizations. Is there such a thing as the “right” color or the...

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Beautiful Map Tiles by Stamen

Written for Visual.ly If anyone knows cartography, it’s Stamen. The San Francisco-based design studio cranks out a wide variety of beautiful projects, with mapping as a dominant theme. Using the Bay...

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How to Produce Motion Graphics

Written for Visual.ly Over the past few years, animators have carved out a new niche for themselves promoting brands and causes, and explaining products, services, or complex subject matters. The wave...

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Analyzing the Top 30 Infographics on Visually

Written for Visual.ly Ever wonder what makes an infographic successful? Why do some infographics accumulate more than 1 million views and others, barely 100? We’ve talked about viral infographics...

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Speedometer Design: Why It Works

Gregor Aisch’s post last week on speedometer design hit me close to home. My dad has been an automotive engineer and designer for more than 30 years now. I’ve absorbed a wealth of automotive history...

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My Top 5 Graphics: Why They Worked

74,600 views – Are You in the 99%? Why it worked: A timely question boosted by some luck on StumbleUpon. During the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is approaching its one-year anniversary this...

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School is Broken: Insights from Four Leaders

In 2007, I finished my undergraduate degree, so it’s now more than five years’ time that I’ve spent recovering from the damage that the schooling system did to me. Schooling in America is broken;...

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