WWII Fighter Plane Silhouettes (1)
A chat with Toby Barnes today had us discussing the difficulty in finding decent silhouettes for WWII fighter planes.
A chat with Toby Barnes today had us discussing the difficulty in finding decent silhouettes for WWII fighter planes.
I went to the Royal Ascot horse race on Saturday. I was wondering if this would be of any interest to anyone but then I saw that Ben Terrett had done a post on F1 so I figured that I'd pitch in some more sporting observations.
I saw these recently on Chiqui Esteban's excellent infographicsnews.com.
They are from a new newspaper launched in Portugal called "i"
They show why the Latin world is ahead in newspaper information graphics.
I like the way the footballer comparisons sets up its central question - "who is best?" - you can see that due to the isolation and placement of the two cut-out photos that this is the main point.
The data points are then secondary but they do their tasks efficiently - even more so in the tennis player one where the quantitative comparison of tournaments won is mixed with the timeline with great economy.
I do think the tactics-illustrations could be a little more detailed - there is a leap from the photographic actuality of a known star to the same star being represented by a generic aesthetic that could represent anyone.
I'd have liked to have seen caricatures of each footballer there - abstracted versions of them that articulated the particular skills but used more recognition and fun.
But these are crisp and accessible - excellent.
I'm going to start reviewing WWII/ Military History books that I have read.
Anyone looking for reviews should click here (from a few weeks time i reckon)
Some of these have been useful for the WWII Magazine work I do - others just because they are interesting. I already did this once a bit - but want a bit more rigour.
I have put all the WWII Magazine graphics on flickr.
This month's article is about US 'Waco' Gliders and the risks they posed to those inside them.
The blue guides were for the struts within the glider - a series of metal tubes that would need to interlink under the glider skin.
- redesigning the News web site
- diving into database journalism in a big way
- redesigning the Weather mobile service
- designing for the Winter Olympics on web, mobile, and red button
- and more!
Applications close on Tuesday 26 May
(the day after this coming bank holiday weekend).I used to do a part of that job (the News bit) and know many of the team. They are the best in the business and lovely people too.
Doesn't really need much more selling so I'll stop.
Good Luck
Quick post this - to draw attention to a project some friends of mine have done.
Schulze and Webb are a v smart london design. tech/ making/ thinking consultancy.
(Disclosure - they are also friends of mine)
They have a new project - a map of Manhattan called Here and There. You can see more/ buy one here.
Some of you coming to the recent Browning Graphic Post may have been confused as to why the graphic wasn't pointed to from the site, like it is normally - it is now.
Oops.