Anyone who has ridden NYC’s subway system knows it’s a remarkable example of engineering and transport, if not for the sheer volume of daily riders. You’ll also know that delays are frequent and service outages are just as common (weekends on the G train anyone?). Still, the city is aiming to improve user experience with the newly released touchscreen maps, which hit Grand Central Station …
Gestalten digs into the work of the NY Times’ Science Graphics Editor, Jonathan Corum, who outlines his process for creating the newspaper’s highly regarded interactive graphics. Corum explains his main mission is to seamlessly integrate words with art, and to translate very detailed data into a medium that can be easily understood by all. Whether referred to as data visualization or infographics, the core of …
The late British artist and Pop Art pioneer Richard Hamilton is currently the subject of a major retrospective at London’s Tate Modern. Surprisingly, as Phaidon points out, Hamilton’s interest in the ready-made was keenly focused on all things Braun, among other consumer objects. The former electrical apprentice even wrote the text for a Berlin exhibition on Braun in 1980, in which he explained, “My admiration …
