Funny Infographic Music Video Visualizations

Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ – [VISUALIZED]

13/06/2013 – 20:05

The folks over at UsVsTh3m have created a neat explainer for the latest Daft Punk record.

Watch the video below and check the resemblance.

(via UsVsTh3m)

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Art Video Visualizations

Mobile Phone Data Mining – [VISUALIZATION]

12/06/2013 – 21:25

Michael Rigley beautiful animation below – titled “Network” – provides a thought provoking analysis of the sheer mass of personal data being captured and stored by mobile phone companies. The video was created  for his BFA design thesis project at the California College of Art.

(via boingboing)

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Mapping the World in Tweets – [VISUALIZATION]

12/06/2013 – 21:17

The folks over at Twitter have created some astonishing maps using billions of geotagged tweets. Every dot on the maps below represents a geotagged tweet, with the brighter colors showing high concentrations of tweets.

Europe:

Tokyo:

Moscow:

North America:

(h/t worldbank)

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Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ – [FUNNY]

11/06/2013 – 21:38

UsVsTh3m have created a superb collection of infographics outlining the data behind the lyrics of Rick Astley’s seminal song “Never Gonna Give You Up’. First check the video – its got 64 million hits, then the infographics. 64 million.

 

(via UsVsTh3m)

 

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Internet Visualizations

Google Trends – [VISUALIZATION]

11/06/2013 – 21:08

Google has announced a new visualization page highlighting the latest trending topics in different colors and sizes. It provides information on real-time searches being executed on the site. Check out Google Trends.

(via mashable)

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Art Earth Space Time-lapse Video

The Night Sky – [TIME-LAPSE]

10/06/2013 – 21:47

The beauty and expansiveness of the night sky can be mesmerizing. Two short time-lapses from Michael Shainblum (“Existence“) and Randy Halverson (“Horizons”) perfectly illustrate this majesty which we too often take for granted. Expand to full screen and enjoy.

(h/t slate)

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Art Time-lapse Travel Video

Stunning Shanghai – [TIME-LAPSE]

06/06/2013 – 07:11

Rob Whitworth‘s latest time production provides a startling visual insight into the rise of one China’s fastest growing cities.  The film captures the pace and frenetic activity of life in this mega-city. Created together with urban identity expert JT Singh, the piece is a mesmerizing:

roller coaster ride seamlessly weaving between the iconic, sparkling and mismatched buildings of the financial district travelling by boat and taxi touring Shanghai’s impressive infrastructure whilst glimpsing some of the lesser-known aspects of Shanghai life such as the lower stratum areas or the stunning graffiti of Moganshan road.

This is Shanghai from Rob Whitworth on Vimeo.

 

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Champions League Final in Lego and Twitter – [VISUALIZATION]

02/06/2013 – 17:04

Bayern Munchen’s 2:1 victory against Borussia Dortmund in this year’s Champions League securing their fifth title in Europe’s most prestigious football cup. For anyone who missed this trilling finale, the Guardian has recreated a shortened version of the match in Lego.

Twitter also visualized the final – in terms of tweets per minute and player mentions.

(h/t mashable)

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Art Space Video

The Beauty of Space Photography – [VIDEO]

02/06/2013 – 10:39

The PBSoffbook series presents a film on the Beauty of Space Photography:

Images of space communicate the grandeur of the universe, and spark essential curiosities about what may be out there waiting for us once we make our way into the stars.

Music:

1) “My World” by CMA Music
2) “Et Cetera” by Hike
3) “Back to Life” by Dexter Britiain
4) “Blissful Ignorance” by Dexter Britain
5) “Startrek Theme (RAC Remix)” by RAC

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Map Travel Video Visualizations

How London Travels – [VISUALIZATION]

02/06/2013 – 09:44

Jay Gordon has created a mesmerizing visualization of the daily flows of London commuters. Spatial.ly notes how:

It combines the 16 million or so daily transactions made with London’s Oyster cards with vehicle-location data from the city’s 8,500 buses to infer journeys of approximately 3.1 million Oyster users. After inferring the times and locations of each bus boarding and alighting, bus and rail transactions are combined to reconstruct each cardholder’s daily travel history.

From more check jaygordon.net.

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