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Simon Hoegsberg

‘We’re All Gonna Die – 100 meters of existence‘. – Simon Hoegsberg’s 100m photograph shot over 20 days in the same location. More of his photographic projects can be found here.
Visual Literacy has some useful visualisation tools including the ‘Periodic Table of Visualisation Methods‘.
MapTube – Mapping site from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. There’s some nice map mash-ups including a geographically correct London Tube map and one that maps the credit crunch.

Google Maps Transit Layer

Google launches a transit layer on Google Maps. Starting with 50 cities around the world including London, it shows public transport line information.
The Book Cover Archive – Excellent resource for book covers and the designers behind them.
Reggae Unlimited – My new favourite online supplier of vinyl.

Seoul

Great looking ‘City Railway Maps‘ of Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka from Zero per Zero.
A ‘Motorway Map of England, Scotland and Wales‘ in the style of Harry Beck’s iconic ‘ London Underground map’
Five Second Test – Simple online usability testing for user interface effectiveness.

The Art of the Glenfiddich Barrel

Michael Johnson’s ‘ Barrel Art‘ for Glenfiddich. There’s more on the Johnson Banks blog covered in their ‘thought of the week‘.
Mapping the World’s Fastest Supercomputers. Nice infographics from the New York Times.
Trulia Hindsight – Animated map of homes in the US that uses historical data to show growth and development over time.

SwissTrains Google Maps mashup. “The current view is based on the Swiss traintimetable, and does not yet show the actual GPS-positions of the trains. But, as Swiss trains are almost always on time, most of the time the position is accurate.”
The three trillion dollar war – How many 0′s? Insane figures with regard to the war in Afganistan and Iraq.
Freshfonts – Introducing Gelvetica, Tomatica and Heldentica from Autobahn