http://soup.c3o.org/ http://soup.c3o.org/ http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/0005/0254_0d41.png 128 128 Tumblelog by Christopher Clay, founder of Soup.io . hello@c3o.org / Twitter: c3o wonder / marvel / learn motivate / laugh Timeless posts Why I tumblelog A ShouldDo list Freiräume in Wien Was ist los in Wien? My favorite posts  (outdated) Output so far Heftling (2012?) Luminous Flux  (2012–) ♥ Mixtapes (2011) 27  (2010) ♥ Team Armin Soyka (2010) 26 (2009) ♥ Startupwiki (2009–) LIF (2008) Soup  (2007–) ♥ Netznetz (2007–2008) Metalab (2006–) ♥ CanvasPaint (2006) Design portfolio (2005) Textcounter.org (2003) PS: If I write about events, that's cause I'm inviting you to come along. Get in touch! {"tags":["learn","infodesign","visualization"],"type":"image","source":"http://howbigreally.com/","body":"\u003Ca href=\"http://howbigreally.com/\"\u003EDimensions\u003C/a\u003E is a BBC site that \"takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are.\" \u2013 Check out \u003Ca href=\"http://howbigreally.com/dimension/festivals_and_specticles/burning_man#Vienna,_Austria\"\u003EBurning Man\u003C/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\"http://howbigreally.com/dimension/environmental_disasters/great_pacific_garbage_patch#Vienna,_Austria\"\u003EThe Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch\u003C/a\u003E compared to Vienna. Very cool!","url":"http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/1046/4628_7d11.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://howbigreally.com/"><img alt="4628_7d11_400" height="174" src="http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/1046/4628_7d11_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://howbigreally.com/">Dimensions</a> is a BBC site that "takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are." – Check out <a href="http://howbigreally.com/dimension/festivals_and_specticles/burning_man#Vienna,_Austria">Burning Man</a> or <a href="http://howbigreally.com/dimension/environmental_disasters/great_pacific_garbage_patch#Vienna,_Austria">The Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch</a> compared to Vienna. Very cool!</p>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:05:29 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/73962025/Dimensions-is-a-BBC-site-that-takesurn:www-soup-io:1:73962025imagelearninfodesignvisualization {"tags":["marvel","ind","infodesign"],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uhmzyMZn4\u0026feature=player_embedded#!","body":"\u003Ca href=\"http://ind.fh-joanneum.at\"\u003E Mein alter Studiengang\u003C/a\u003E hat ein Imagevideo. Nicht \u00fcbel.","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uhmzyMZn4\u0026feature=player_embedded#!"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B6uhmzyMZn4" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B6uhmzyMZn4" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><a href="http://ind.fh-joanneum.at"> Mein alter Studiengang</a> hat ein Imagevideo. Nicht übel.Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:40:04 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/53450301/Mein-alter-Studiengang-hat-ein-Imagevideo-Nichturn:www-soup-io:1:53450301videomarvelindinfodesign {"tags":["wonder","language","infodesign"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.a-website.org/design/pictohistory/locos.html","body":"A sentence written in \u003Cb\u003ELovers \n Communication System\u003C/b\u003E, a pictogram system developed by Yukio Ota, who also drew \u003Ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/id/2246107\"\u003Ethe original \"running man\" emergency exit icon\u003C/a\u003E.","url":"http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/0730/4187_ee9b.gif"} <p><a href="http://www.a-website.org/design/pictohistory/locos.html"><img alt="4187_ee9b_400" height="182" src="http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/0730/4187_ee9b_400.gif" width="400" /></a></p> <p>A sentence written in <b>Lovers Communication System</b>, a pictogram system developed by Yukio Ota, who also drew <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2246107">the original "running man" emergency exit icon</a>.</p>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:54 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/48354352/A-sentence-written-in-Loversurn:www-soup-io:1:48354352imagewonderlanguageinfodesign {"tags":["rant","web","blogging","infodesign"],"type":"quote","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://putthingsoff.com/articles/rise-of-the-tablog/\"\u003ERise of the Tablog \u2192 Put Things Off\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E(Die, SmashingMagazine, die!)\u003Cbr /\u003E","source":"http://putthingsoff.com/articles/rise-of-the-tablog/","body":"The blog format is responsible for a thousand tawdry \u003Cstrong\u003Etablogs\u003C/strong\u003E: hideous half-breeds of tabloid and blog built around odeous content, cluttered site designs, and optimised for pageviews alone.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ETabloggers aren\u2019t \u003Cem\u003Ewriting\u003C/em\u003E; they\u2019re creating content \u2014 content\nthat hopes to satisfy self-inflicted quotas [and] boost traffic. Tabloggers\nwrite from a sense of obligation; a feeling that their content must be\nregular and \u2014 worst of all \u2014 useful.\u003Cbr /\u003EYet tablogs publish the ugliest kind of use\u003Cem\u003Eful\u003C/em\u003E information:\nvacuous lists, tutorials, and recycled how-tos that try so hard to be\nhandy as to become meaningless, soulless, voiceless and occasionally\ndangerous.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EAdd to this the machine gun calls to action in the form of me-too\nsocial networks, overpriced affiliate promotions, and chocolate box ad\nmatrices, and what you have is a shit tip of information design."} <p>"The blog format is responsible for a thousand tawdry <strong>tablogs</strong>: hideous half-breeds of tabloid and blog built around odeous content, cluttered site designs, and optimised for pageviews alone.<br /><br />Tabloggers aren’t <em>writing</em>; they’re creating content — content that hopes to satisfy self-inflicted quotas [and] boost traffic. Tabloggers write from a sense of obligation; a feeling that their content must be regular and — worst of all — useful.<br />Yet tablogs publish the ugliest kind of use<em>ful</em> information: vacuous lists, tutorials, and recycled how-tos that try so hard to be handy as to become meaningless, soulless, voiceless and occasionally dangerous.<br /><br />Add to this the machine gun calls to action in the form of me-too social networks, overpriced affiliate promotions, and chocolate box ad matrices, and what you have is a shit tip of information design."</p><p>&ndash;<a href="http://putthingsoff.com/articles/rise-of-the-tablog/">Rise of the Tablog → Put Things Off</a><br /><br />(Die, SmashingMagazine, die!)<br /></p>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:27:01 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/30218019/The-blog-format-is-responsible-for-aurn:www-soup-io:1:30218019quoterantwebblogginginfodesign {"tags":["marvel","infodesign"],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw\u0026eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.girleffect.org/#/video/\"\u003EThe Girl Effect\u003C/a\u003E \u003C/strong\u003E\u2013 The style of this is like a crossover between my all time-favorite web art project \u003Ca href=\"http://www.yhchang.com/\"\u003EYHCHANG\u003C/a\u003E and all those recently trendy typographical motion graphics: Simple, bold and effective. I also like the watercolor logo \u2013 great design all around. \u003Cdiv\u003Ebestposts\u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw\u0026eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WIvmE4_KMNw" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WIvmE4_KMNw" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><strong><a href="http://www.girleffect.org/#/video/">The Girl Effect</a> </strong>– The style of this is like a crossover between my all time-favorite web art project <a href="http://www.yhchang.com/">YHCHANG</a> and all those recently trendy typographical motion graphics: Simple, bold and effective. I also like the watercolor logo – great design all around. <div>bestposts</div>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:56:32 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/4643796/The-Girl-Effect-The-style-of-thisurn:www-soup-io:1:4643796videomarvelinfodesign {"tags":["c3o","project","transporation","map","infodesign"],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"Incidentally, that is exactly what this map I made (manually, by guessing) two years ago estimated. bestposts","url":"http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/0086/7181_5b85.jpeg"} <p><a href=""><img alt="7181_5b85_400" height="400" src="http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/0086/7181_5b85_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Incidentally, that is exactly what this map I made (manually, by guessing) two years ago estimated. bestposts</p>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:58:35 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/3592919/Incidentally-that-is-exactly-what-this-mapurn:www-soup-io:1:3592919imagec3oprojecttransporationmapinfodesign