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creating visual metaphors

Data Flow: Visualizing data in Graphic Design

...As social animals we are fascinated by our own reflections. We seek out a response not only from reflections of ourselves; we also seek the bonds of unity and distinction in the images of others, as learning is driven primarily by emotional relevance.

Designers can access the entire bandwidth of human perception by investing data with weight, space and texture. In doing so, they provide sensual experiences of communication, deliciously revealing the richness of complex datasets, so full of meaning and potential interpretations. This is the physical interface of analogy, well suited to the continuous and graduated sensations we derive from our immediate environment.

"borrowed" inspiration

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to." - Jim Jarmusch