Mark Porter

Editorial design

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Good interview…

March 25th, 2010

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…with Guardian infographcis chief Michael Robinson in Grafik magazine this month. Can’t post a link as it’s not online, but it’s part of an interesting infromation design special in the print mag (excuse the dodgy iphone picture).

I’m back… And a nice award

March 3rd, 2010

You may have noticed that I dropped off the radar completely for the last month. I had to take some time out, but I’m happy to be back with some news about another, and very gratfying, award for the Guardian. Read the rest of this entry »

Still trying…

July 6th, 2009

… to regain the blogging habit; I have some excuses, none of them very good. But just to keep things moving, here’s a few random links I’ve enjoyed recently… Read the rest of this entry »

Hard (eye) candy

May 12th, 2008

A series of student data visualisation exercises that turn a week’s Guardian text content into a variety of diagrammatic & typographic forms. Wednesday is my favourite. (Thanks Marc)

Simple but effective

April 11th, 2008

I’m way late with this, but worth noting the interactive floorplans at wallpaper.com. You may quibble with the interaction (or the value of an architect’s drawing 720 pixels wide) but the simple combination of drawings and photography really enriches the experience for architecture fans, and I havent seen it done anywhere else.

Learning from Las Vegas

April 4th, 2008

I’m on a quick trip to New York, mainly to visit the Times. The streescape here is pretty chaotic, but always in the background is the soothing presence of Vignelli associates’ iconic and oh-so-rational wayfinding programme for the Subway. But I’m staying near Times Square, where a bit of bling with your signage is obligatory, and Ive never seen it looking quite like this… I doubt that Massimo would approve

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