We’ve been featuring infographics here on Inspired Magazine for quite sometime – I was surprised to see that my first contribution was over two years ago! During that time, things have evolved a bit on our end. Visual Loop is now a digital environment for folks interested in data visualization, and allthough we kept our presence on Tumblr, there’s a lot of great content being published also on visualoop.com.

So, we’ll be featuring a monthly recap of some of the best content from that new website. Interviews, news, portfolios and guest articles from people who are creating great things in the field of data visualization.

Thanks to Catalin, for opening yet another window for our content, and we hope you enjoy it:

Featured articles:

Resources, round-ups and selections of visual information goodies – like the one made about James Bond:

(image: BBC)

• 40 must-see vídeos about data visualization and infographics | After the success of our collection of data visualization presentations a few weeks ago, we decided to push even further our research of multimedia resources and take the risk of selecting some videos.
• 15 Interactive Graphics about James Bond | Quick round-up of interactive graphics about the James Bond film franchise – just in case you want to look back at the 50 years of one of the most successful characters in history of entertainment.
• 20 infographics from 20 Brazilian publications | A look at what makes Brazil the thrid most recognized infographic market in the world.
• 30 Infographic Résumés for inspiration | A few years back, presenting an infographic résumé was something completely unthinkable, even if you were applying to a job where creativity and graphic skills were important. But things have changed…
• Remembering Steve Jobs: 18 Interactive Tributes | We collected some of the interactive resources made by the time of his death, that serve to remember how huge was his contribution to so many aspects of our lives.
• 40 Interactive graphics about the US election | Most of the works presented here come from U.S. websites, either from major news channels as well as independent websites.

 Cool projects:

We also look through the deepest ends of the Internet for cool data visualization projects. Some come from big companies, others from talented young information designers – like this one, Dyslexia, by Rikst Westra;

(detail of the 3D map | Rikst Westra)

• TimeMaps: the new cartography of travel
• Photo-sharing on Facebook
• Your Dream Job according to LinkedIn
• Vintage Postcards with Google Maps
• The books of Tolkien visually dissected
• The Global Map of Publishing 2012
• The Internet in Iran illustrated
• Dyslexia, by Rikst Westra
• American History according to 141 Maps
• Virtual Kenya, an interactive tool to educate and explore
• Killing Time, by Roel van de Ven

 Interactive Inspiration:

Our weekly selection of Interactive graphics from all over the world.Here’s a small sample, followed by the links:

(image: Google Crisis Response)

(image: Carlos Gámez | 20.Minutos)

(image: The Telegraph)

• Interactive Inspiration [7]
• Interactive Inspiration [8]
• Interactive Inspiration [9]
• Interactive Inspiration [10]

You can send us your weekly recomendation for this post through Twitter or Facebook, even if it’s not in English.

 Infographic Portfolios:

One of the favorite sections of our website: Every week, a new portfolio from an infographic designer.

• Portfolio of the Week – Nigel Hawtin | Pushing the boundaries between scientific accuracy and visually aesthetics

(image: Nigel Hawtin | New Scientist)

• Portfolio of the Week – Fábio Abreu| Over 15 years of experience and a lot of talent from Brazil
• Portfolio of the Week – Gaia Russo | Another stop in Italy, for more infographic talent
• Portfolio of the Week – Cecília Andrade | When the fascination with infographics dictates the career

Interviews

Brief conversations with people that are a reference in the field of data visualization, either globally or locally.

Talking with … Uldis Leiterts | A quick talk with the Co-Founder of Infogr.am, the fastest growing infographic community on the Internet

‘Infographics’ are a trend. It may eventually fade away, though I don’t see it happening over the next 5 years. But a thing that will stay here forever is the need for data visualization.

Talking with… Luís Taklim | The infographic market in Portugal and much more.

The mother of all things bad in information design is the disarray, both from the professionals in the field and the ones giving us the original material to work with. It’s a simple ‘domino’ process, where the work orders are usually given very late, providing little time to make a good job.

And that’s it for this first edition. We do post more content, this is just a summary, so feel free to join us on Visual Loop for daily updates about infographics an data visualization, and we’ll be back next month with another recap.

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Tiago Veloso

Tiago Veloso is the founder of Visual Loop, a collaborative digital environment for everything related to information design and data visualization. He lives in Brazil, and you can connect with him online on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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