The 2010/2011 Feltron Biennial Report
Graphic designer Nicholas Felton (PopTech 2009) is obsessed with data. He knows how many songs he’s listened to and how much it costs him per mile to fly. Felton visualizes these numerous details in personal “Annual Reports.”
Infographic by Nicholas Felton.
via designspiration.net.
Hey there! We’re on a mission to make Kickstarter better every day and we’d love your participation in our most fun-filled effort yet. We’ve asked infographic maestro Nicholas Felton, of the famed Feltron Annual Report and Daytum, to kindly help us turn our data — like the stats you see on the upper right-hand side of this page — into something more fun, exciting and intuitive; not to mention sexy as hell. If you’re anything like us, infographics turn you on in a big way. We think they’re super fun, and Nicholas knows how to whip them into shape better than anyone we know. If you’re not familiar with his work definitely check out the links above — but don’t forget to come back :). Any money raised will be used to pay for Nicholas’ time and brain-power, and will allow him to buy-back a miniature jade skull he was forced to sell when he lost his job as a Burmese cartographer. Please join us in this effort to make Kickstarter even cooler, and get some fun rewards to boot. Thanks for stopping by! (Examples from Nicholas Felton’s 2007 & 2008 Annual Reports respectively)
Illustrating Your Life in Graphs and Charts
About five years ago, Nicholas Felton had a cute idea: to create an annual report of his life filled with charts and graphs about the restaurants he had visited and the days he had traveled — just like the annual reports sent out by companies, but with personal details.
That idea led him to co-found Daytum.com, which makes software to help people tabulate whatever they do and turn it into a chart — a visual depiction of everything from blood sugar levels to how much beer they drink. Mr. Felton said he had even seen a woman use the service to track her irrational fears.
Very curious, does anyone use Daytum (from Nicholas Felton) to track anything? I’m a fan of his work but haven’t gotten into the app.
Any thoughts?
Observed: Daytum — Collecting Your Most Nuanced Dat
Designers and researchers love data. Whether quantitative or qualitative data drives design. While it is one challenge to gather data, a far greater challenge is presenting it. Enter Daytum launch August 2008. Created by Nicholas Felton Daytum is a publicly available method for capturing and visualizing data. Felton, a true advocate of data has released annual reports of his life since 2005, capturing everything from food, relationships, and travel in a visual format.
