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___an infinite space

45 ways to visualize two numbers http://blog.visual.ly/45-ways-to-communicate-two-quantities/

___navigating the infinite space

knights movement:

drones http://drones.pitchinteractive.com

↓ same vis method as: meteors http://bolid.es

→ same data as: meteors map http://osm2.cartodb.com/tables/meteoritessize/embed_map

↓ same vis method as: tweetmap http://worldmap.harvard.edu/tweetmap/

→ same data as: pleiades http://intuitionanalytics.com/pleiades/

↓ same vis as graph in lostalgic http://moebio.com/lostalgic

→ same data as matrix in lostalgic

↓ same vis method as matrix in mûsli http://moritz.stefaner.eu/projects/musli-ingredient-network/

etc…

___inspiration

Pinterest boards:

Periscopic's 'inspiration' http://pinterest.com/Periscopic/data-viz-inspiration/

Jeff Clark 'visual inspiration' http://pinterest.com/jeffnclark/visual-inspiration/

Giorgia Luppi's 'inspirations from abstract art' http://pinterest.com/giorgialupi/inspirations-from-abstract-art/ 

Jan Willem Tulp's 'inspiration' http://pinterest.com/janwillemtulp/inspiration/ 

Sha Wang's 'UltraMapping' http://pinterest.com/shashashasha/mapping/

mine 'patterns, patterns everywhere' http://pinterest.com/moebio/patterns-patterns-everywhere/  

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Life, the Universe and Everything http://moebio.com/research/lifeuniverse/

___transformations

Excher’s Balcony http://uploads6.wikipaintings.org/images/m-c-escher/balcony.jpg

Personal Knowledge Database http://moebio.com/research/knowledgeDatabase/

D’Arcy Thompson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson


other references: drake equation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation | hyperbolic space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_space ||||| some of the mentioned books: | where ideas come from http://www.amazon.com/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-Innovation/dp/1594485380 | the information http://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235/ref=sr_1_1

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