Stephanie Posavec's visual representations of text and writing styles are absolutely captivating.
Here she maps and visualizes Kerouac's colors, themes, and structure - check out the high-res version for full detail.
The structure of Part One of On the Road visualised using a simple tree structure that has been worked with manually in order to give it a more organic feel. Here, Part One divides into chapters, chapters divide into paragraphs, paragraphs divide into sentences, and sentences divide into words. Everything is colour-coded according to key themes in On the Road.
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Andrea — Oct 27, 2010
It's time for Four Design Links, a curated collection of stories we've been reading this week.
1. Facebook Now Accounts For 1 In 4 Internet Pageviews(?)
Database marketing firm Drake Direct claims that Facebook represents 1 in 4 pageviews in the US. By comparison, Google gets 1 in 12 pageviews using the same dataset.
The data sounds questionable, but it made me think. These days, I probably visit Facebook at least as much as Google. I wonder how that traffic breaks down in terms of Facebook applications vs. socializing? How much of those numbers are games, for instance?
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Nick — Nov 19, 2009
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