Daily designer news

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 06:27 PM PDT

Pinterest has become a great source of inspiration for me. Each week I share my favorite pins of the week. If you don't want to miss any pin, make sure to follow me on Pinterest.

Jigsaw coffee set, awesome design. Via Serious eats.

“Need to get a job” poster, cool typographic work. Via From Up North.

Game boy iPhone case. Via Amazon.

Cool foldable brochure. Via Designspiration.

Swimmingly fun enlightenment. Via Fab.com.

DIY stool made of wood scraps. Via Shelterness.

Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 06:25 PM PDT

Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information is perhaps the most comprehensive book about complex information design. The Internet and globalization made information much more complex to conceptualize without visualizing it. For example, complex social networks or the American government’s debt are pretty much impossible to understand without infografics.

This book explains how these complex visualization work, and give tons of excellent illustrated examples. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and well explained by Manuel Lima, the author of the book and of Visualcomplexity.com, the website that started it all.

Following are a few examples taken from the website, to see more in better quality, you’ll have to get the book on Amazon.