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http://www.visualcomplexity.com
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URL:
http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/bibleviz/index.html Project Description:

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This visualization started as a collaboration between Christoph Romhild and Chris Harrison. As Chris explains: "Christoph, a Lutheran Pastor, first emailed me in October of 2007. He described a data set he was putting together that defined textual cross references found in the Bible. He had already done considerable work visualizing the data before contacting me. Together, we struggled to find an elegant solution to render the data, more than 63,000 cross references in total. As work progressed, it became clear that an interactive visualization would be needed to properly explore the data, where users could zoom in and prune down the information to manageable levels. However, this was less interesting to us, as several Bible-exploration programs existed that offered similar functionality (and much more). Instead we set our sights on the other end of the spectrum - something more beautiful than functional. At the same time, we wanted something that honored and revealed the complexity of the data at every level - as one leans in, smaller details should become visible".

This process ultimately led them to the multi-colored arc diagram shown here. The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of the chapters in the Bible. Books alternate in color between white and light gray. The length of each bar denotes the number of verses in the chapter. Each of the 63,779 cross references found in the Bible is depicted by a single arc - the color corresponds to the distance between the two chapters, creating a rainbow-like effect.

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Author(s):
Oscar Karlin
Institution:
London College of Printing
Year:
2005
URL:
http://www.oskarlin.com/2005/11/29/time-travel
Project Description:
Time Travel was part of one of Oskar Karlin's final projects at London College of Printing (now London College of Communication). It started as an attempt to redesign the London Underground map. As Karlin puts it: "How could I come up with some innovative ideas to this piece of design that is by many considered as one of the best in graphic design ever"

Karlin started thinking on what's currently different in the world from when the map was designed, and pointed time as the key differentiator. As he explains: "Today you never tell anyone how far away in miles you live, but in minutes or perhaps hours if you're unlucky". Therefore, Karlin decided to create a re-design based on time instead of geographical distance.

Since Karlin's school was in Elephant & Castle, he used the station as time 0 and then created zones for each 5 minutes travel from Elephant & Castle. The idea is that the background is different on each station around the system.

The image shows the final map focused on Elephant & Castle with time zones. The scale in the bottom left is a time scale, in minutes. Each zone represents 5 minutes.
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