Archive for the “Complexity” Category

Travel-time Maps and their Uses

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Travel-time Maps and their Uses, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

Transport maps and timetables help people work out how to get from A to B using buses, trains and other forms of public transport. But what if you don’t yet know what journey you want to make? How can maps help then?
This may seem a strange question to ask, but it is one we all face in several situations:
* Where would I like to work?
* Where would I like to live?
* Where would I like to go on holiday?

These are much more complicated questions than those about individual journeys, but one thing they all have in common is transport: can I get to and from the places I’m considering quickly and easily?

The maps on this page show one way of answering that question.

Death and Taxes

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Death and Taxes, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

The budger graph is visual guide to USA federal taxes, ‘Death and Taxes’ is a representational graph of the federal discretionary budget.

Man as machine

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Man as machine, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

For thousands of years human beings have used metaphors as ways of understanding the body. We talk about our ‘ear drums’, or our ‘mind’s eye’. When we are in love we say our hearts are ‘bursting’ or ‘broken’. When we are nervous we say we have ‘butterflies in our stomach’. When we are impatient we have ‘itchy feet’. These familiar images help to explain the unfamiliar and to comprehend the complexity of our bodies.


Man as machine, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

The image above, by the artist Fritz Kahn,

Music

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Music, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

“players may not fly above the audience during performance”

Shocked

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Have you ever been so confused by the complexity of… more

World Economic Forum

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

WEF, originally uploaded by densitydesign.

World Economic Forum site provides a insightful visual summary about how global economic decision makers look at the world… and what they see.

Language is vital for addressing complex issues

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Dave Pollard is highlighting the similarities between wicked problems and… more

8 ways to avoid complexity

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Do not do business Reduce your activities to zero Don’t… more