The See Conference is a conference on information design, from their website: “Our world is growing increasingly complex, dynamic and multi-dimensional. And so is our communication. The see conference is dedicated to new approaches that are being developed in the fields of design, art, architecture, multimedia and economy to confront this complexity and to transform the immense flood of information into useable knowledge.” Additionally they have posted videos from the mot recent conference in April. So head on over and learn something.

It’s a little dated by now, but Smashing Magazine posted a gallery of Data Visualization and Infographics . It is filled with tons of good examples including work from GOOD Magazine and Megan Jaegerman. There is some really brilliant stuff there so take a look and get inspired.

The new site Infodesignpatterns.com is probably one of the most useful sites online. Created by Christian Behrens to accompany his Master’s thesis from FH Potsdam. On this site he has collected a large variety of information design patterns, with explanations, layouts and real-world examples. Additionally he has created a pattern search which allows you to search by order, goal, type or dimensions. Playing with the search allows you to come up with numerous ideas for information design solutions. Hopefully he’ll release the companion book soon.

Get ready I’m about to state the obvious, gas prices are clearly on everyone’s mind. It occurs to me that we seem to complain and speculate a lot about the reasons for the increase. Generally in discussions or news stories things like demand, or speculation or corporate greed will be attributed to the price inflation but you never seem to get the whole picture. In this light I propose a new project. This yet to be named project will be twofold. First, we need to figure out what exactly goes into the price of oil and consequently the price […] Continue Reading…

Over on Design Observer KT Meaney has written an article entitled: Greening the Grocery Store.  Her post recounts a design class focused on making recycling easier for consumers by effectively using design to educate consumers. Before you say doesn’t the little arrow thingy do that already? let me ask you does you recycling program accept #5s? Read on for a good example of design enabling education, and try to think of a better solution of our recycling symbols.