The ability to collect, store, and manage data is increasing quickly, but our ability to understand it remains constant. In an attempt to gain better understanding of data, fields such as information visualization, data mining and graphic design are employed, each solving an isolated part of the specific problem, but failing in a broader sense: […]

Many traditionally trained, professional designers wonder what the next generation of computing technologies might bring to their field. At the same time, many digitally trained, professional designers feel that they have missed out on some of the cornerstones of a traditional design education. To work towards a common ground between the digital and traditional design […]

Information visualization algorithms and techniques dedicated to tree maps and hierarchical data.
Link: Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies

a short book and essay about several experiments from my research in genomic cartography
interim book | ben fry