Data and design and networks and a bunch of interesting stuff

[Tom Johnson]

*Martin Dodge, he of the "Mapping
Cyberspace<http://www.mappingcyberspace.com/>"
realm, sends along this helpful post:*

"Hello, I've just been browsing through a fascinating new book on maps and
spatialisations, many of networks, info spaces and online conversations.

"It has many interesting essays and a rich array of illustrations.

"Else/Where: Mapping: New Cartographies of Networks and Territories edited
by Janet Abrams and Peter Hall see
http://design.umn.edu/go/project/elsewheremapping<http://design.umn.edu/go/project/elsewheremapping%22>
" <http://design.umn.edu/go/project/elsewheremapping%22>

*And Martin's e-mail took us, eventually, to The Design
Institute<http://design.umn.edu/go/to/root>at the
University of Minnesota.  Drill down in the DI site a bit: a lot of
interesting resources and topics for those of us interested in data,
networks, infographics, user interface, IA, etc.*

*The Design Institute (DI) develops advanced research, educational programs
and interdisciplinary partnerships to improve design in the public realm.*

*Established as one of the University of Minnesota's Strategic
Interdisciplinary Initiatives, with recurring funds from the Minnesota
Legislature, the DI addresses products, systems and environments, as well as
the underlying social processes that bring our everyday material landscape
into being.*

*The DI is particularly interested in the design implications of emerging
technologies ? in the nexus of communications media and public space.*

*Looking beyond issues of styling, the Design Institute regards design as a
strategic mode of thinking, a form of conflict resolution whose tangible
outcomes express successful negotiation of diverse values and interests.*

*The Design Institute's Fellows program, workshops, publications and events
foster new models for collaboration between diverse fields of inquiry.*

*By supporting the development of new prototypes, and enabling young
practitioners to create their next significant work, the DI champions
expanded design choices to enhance citizens' lives, in Minnesota and
nationwide.*


--tom

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www.analyticjournalism.com
505.577.6482(c)                                 505.473.9646(h)
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To change something, build a new model that makes the
existing model obsolete."
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[Dede Densmore-2]

Can we get them to open a branch campus here?
Dede
On Mar 19, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:

> Martin Dodge, he of the "Mapping Cyberspace" realm, sends along this  
> helpful post:
>
>
> "Hello, I've just been browsing through a fascinating new book on maps  
> and spatialisations, many of networks, info spaces and online  
> conversations.
>
> "It has many interesting essays and a rich array of illustrations.
>
> "Else/Where: Mapping: New Cartographies of Networks and Territories  
> edited by Janet Abrams and Peter Hall see  
> http://design.umn.edu/go/project/elsewheremapping"
>
> And Martin's e-mail took us, eventually, to The Design Institute at  
> the University of Minnesota.? Drill down in the DI site a bit: a lot  
> of interesting resources and topics for those of us interested in  
> data, networks, infographics, user interface, IA, etc.
>
> The Design Institute (DI) develops advanced research, educational  
> programs and interdisciplinary partnerships to improve design in the  
> public realm.
>
> Established as one of the University of Minnesota's Strategic  
> Interdisciplinary Initiatives, with recurring funds from the Minnesota  
> Legislature, the DI addresses products, systems and environments, as  
> well as the underlying social processes that bring our everyday  
> material landscape into being.
>
> The DI is particularly interested in the design implications of  
> emerging technologies ? in the nexus of communications media and  
> public space.
>
> Looking beyond issues of styling, the Design Institute regards design  
> as a strategic mode of thinking, a form of conflict resolution whose  
> tangible outcomes express successful negotiation of diverse values and  
> interests.
>
> The Design Institute's Fellows program, workshops, publications and  
> events foster new models for collaboration between diverse fields of  
> inquiry.
>
> By supporting the development of new prototypes, and enabling young  
> practitioners to create their next significant work, the DI champions  
> expanded design choices to enhance citizens' lives, in Minnesota and  
> nationwide.
>
>
> --tom
>
> ==============================================
> J. T. Johnson
> Institute for Analytic Journalism
> www.analyticjournalism.com
> 505.577.6482 (c)???????????????????????????????? 505.473.9646(h)
> http://www.jtjohnson.com?????????????? tom at jtjohnson.com
>
> "You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
> To change something, build a new model that makes the
> existing model obsolete."
> ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? -- Buckminster  
> Fuller
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