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Ninja:
http://martialhealing.blogspot.com/2012/10/project-help.html

3)Kelly- http://somelikeitblogged.blogspot.com/
          You have an interesting project, one of which I don't know much about.  I would say if you are writing a paper to include a lot of data charts and what not.  Maybe even look into how businesses are using data visualization in large corporations cross-culturally.


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Wes:

http://thesocialreconstructionofreality.blogspot.com/2012/10/kelly.html

~Kelly~
This seems like a neat project.

It could be fun to do a "how to lie with" section that gets at some of the ways visual representations can be used to inauthenticate data as well. 

And here is one of my favorite sites that has lots of infographics...

http://www.good.is/infographics


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Zack:
http://bombardtheheadquarters.blogspot.com/2012/10/reviews-of-other-wips.html

I'm not technically savvy so I can't provide too much assistance, but I did think it was particularly interesting when you spoke of the difficulty of communication between programmers and graphic designers.

I think it would be interesting if you accompanied some of your designs with information about problems and solutions regarding communication between different specialists in a business or organization.

Notes for Ninja

Blog Link:

http://martialhealing.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-abstract.html

I like your thesis and think that you are correct about Western approaches, there should be quite a bit of scholastic and scientific evidence that backs up your theory.  If you haven't already read it, I think that you might find some inspiration on the basis of Daoism from the Tao Te Ching. This is my favorite translation of the Tao Te Ching:

Tao Te Ching Translated by John Wu

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/invid/10908871421?cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-anonisbn2-_-na

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Post for Marlowe

Blog Link:
http://marlowecrews.blogspot.com/2012/09/abstract-finally-finding-its-way-to.html

Just a thought of another form in which to express your stories/poems through visuals, it's a site where you load your words and choose/upload a visual to express them in. It could be a really interesting way to express multiple types of media in one piece. You could also do one of these creations and use it to then create a painting instead of just printing it out..

http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

Example:

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Thought this article might be of interest to you:

"Veilige Veste is a Former Office Building Transformed into

a Women's Shelter in The Netherlands"

http://inhabitat.com/veilige-veste-is-a-former-office-building-transformed-into-a-womens-shelter-in-the-netherlands/

Ideas

To show multiple forms of visuals using 1 set of data.
1 - Charts
2 - Spiderwebs
3 - Interactive Links
4 - Geographical Maps

Abstract

Data visualization is the newest form of global communication through a series of organized visuals that form connections between information and users. With the advent of the Internet and the wealth of information that is has brought to us, we as users are bombarded with great amounts of information on a daily basis. Attempting to sift through all of this information can be quite taxing, so the combination of information with visual design has helped create a place where we can view the information in one visual arena.

My goal is not to write a research paper on what data visualization is, but to create a series of visual designs that embodies what it looks like and how it can offer an organized and compacted form of what it essentially is. I will probably create several animated flash files and create a mini film about what data visualization is.

Cindy's Fiber Shed

Blog Link:
http://thoughts-to-threads.blogspot.com/

A thought about how to show your map. If you are able to get each place to send you swatches of fabrics that they create and cut them out into shapes of the animals, mountains, farm buildings, etc to represent each company. Then sew them onto a large piece of muslin or some other fabric to make your map.

Examples:

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Thought this was something interesting you might want to check out:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2PySDE/inhabitat.com/wind-powered-knitting-machine-lets-nature-knit-scarves/