Innovation at Wimbledon
The most visible innovation is the retractable roof over Centre Court. But this year’s Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club is also host to several IT innovations, most dramatically a...
View ArticleCressey Performance Web Site Relaunches
Our latest web site design is for Cressey Performance in nearby Hudson, Massachusetts. Cressey Performance is a weight-training gym with an international reputation for its work with competitive...
View ArticleIt’s Tournament Time
The Mens Division I NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket is one of the most iconic images in U.S. sports. Voila: So what can an information designer do with this? Cliff Kuang at Fast Company looked...
View ArticleJobs Takes Flash to the Mat
Get your ringside seats for the Apple vs. Adobe fight, right here. Apple CEO Steve Jobs tries the headscissors takedown: Besides the fact that Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical...
View ArticleFastball, Cutter, Slider
In an appreciation of New York Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera, the New York Times has put together an impressive animation that shows how he pitches. Even if you are not a baseball fan, this is worth a...
View ArticleDon’t Tweet the Scoop
I’m going to link you to a Bill Simmons football column at ESPN. Here we go. If you’ve never encountered the Bill-Simmons-stream-of-consciousness style of sports writing before, you might wonder where...
View ArticleSmall Uniform Multiples
The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Uniform Database offers an elegant showcase of the power of small multiples. Here is a simple example: The database output, by year or team, shows the remarkable variety in...
View ArticleThe Key to the Masthead
It may not work for every web site, but it does for Flip Flop Fly Ball. I’m talking about a site masthead with more iconography than a pre-renaissance painting. The key to the masthead is a nice...
View Article“a tougher, more defined panther”
After 15+ years in the league, the NFL’s Carolina Panthers are changing their logo. In a press release the team proclaims: [The identity] has been designed to provide a more aggressive, contemporary...
View ArticleBig Data in the House
The New York Times Sunday Review highlights Big Data. Big Data is that rapidly backfilling reservoir of web analytics and real-world sensor data. It is also a million rivulets of meandering incident,...
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