On February 4th, Facebook will celebrate its 8th anniversary, and we can already consider it a major force in our modern day lifestyle. As many would say, Facebook IS the Internet. I can’t completely agree with that, but, nevertheless, the truth is that over 800 million people use Facebook, and that’s pretty much enough to awe anyone.

The next logical step is the IPO, with all the experts predicting it to be perhaps the biggest EVER. So, with all that, what’s left to say about Facebook?

You’re right, not much. Let’s just have a look at some of the hundreds of infographics made about the social network – actually, we have over 700 (!) on Visual Loop -, its features, and its impact in many different dimensions of our society.

First, a little bit of history:

Facebook 2011 Yearbook | Via

A Brief History of Facebook | Via

Facts about Mark Zuckerberg | Via

The Making of Mark Zuckerberg – A Timeline | Via

The Evolution of Facebook Features | Via

Facebook attacks in 2011 | Via

The Rise Of Facebook’s Valuation From 2004-2011 | Via

Cyber Criminals Target Facebook | Via

From Founding To IPO, Facebook’s Success Story | Via

Facebook IPO | Via

The Road to a Facebook IPO | Via

The History of Advertising on Facebook | Via

And some interesting factoides and numbers:

If You Printed Facebook | Via

A World Without Facebook | Via

What If Facebook Was a City? | Via

The value of Facebook | Via

Facebook Profile Photos By The Numbers | Via

Why Do People Unfriend Each Other on Facebook? | Via

Facebook Statuses | Via

Does Facebook Hurt Relationships? | Via

The Last of the Facebook Myths| Via

Facebook Advertising Opportunities Across The Globe | Via

The Truth About Facebook Depression | Via

Facebook & Education: Is Facebook Bad for Students? | Via

A Look Into the Obsession with Facebook | Via

Men vs Women on Facebook | Via

Social Games Popularity on Facebook and Google | Via

How To Define Shared Media On Facebook | Via

A Graphic Guide to Facebook Portraits | Via

It’s not hard to predict that we’ll be seeing a lot more infographics about Facebook. Is there any other that you find especially interesting to add to this list? Just share it in the comments below.

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Facebook: The path to World Domination in 30 infographics

As a photographer, you have to learn the value of space. Correctly manipulating it will provide a gorgeous image, no matter what the subject is or how much is going on in the photograph. Using space is one of the first things photographers are taught, and you have probably mastered it.

But what about negative space? This is a concept that is often more difficult to pin down. You have to figure out how to view a photo so that it shows a lot with very little. In fact, that empty space in the photo will often tell more than the actual subject, providing context and more that could not be directly established.

You can even use it to convey an emotion or style. The examples below will show you how negative space can really make a photograph pop and give you something you never expected.

1. The Double Cosby

This photo by UncleFuz on Flickr is a great example of how you can use an empty background to provide a foundation for a humorous image. The creamy color of that space even gives a nice effect to two subjects, working well to highlight their presence at the bottom of the picture.

2. A Hand Full of Treasure

This is a great example of how using negative space doesn’t mean your photo will be bare of content. The complex visual provided by the marbles and other little objects in the cupped hands gives you plenty to look at. The shade and lighting are both gorgeous, and some of the items even reflect it. Plus, you have the dramatic look of the lines of the hands in the face of the black-and-white theme. The empty background just makes it all more intense.

3. Lamp

Angad Singh captured what reminds me a bit of a well-done photograph used for Ikea or other retailers. That isn’t a bad thing – this would make an amazing commercial photo that could be used on any website or in a catalog. It takes talent to use so much blank space along with a white subject. The light really stands out, and the whole thing looks clean and crisp.

4. Another Look at Bellinzona’s Castelgrande

Not all negative space has to be completely blank. This is the perfect example of using an environment devoid of matter to focus the image on a main subject farther away. The empty tunnel is intense and almost creepy, with an urban noir kind of look. It sets a mood without distracting from the point or context of the photo.

5. Oranges and Yellow on Blue

Photographer Vikram used location to capture empty space without actually creating it. The blue of the ocean is a stunning tableau, but acts as a blank canvas, with the corner offering a story with a single image. Check out how still the water is – it almost looks like you could walk across it.

6. Music

There is an often accepted viewpoint that when you are photographing children, you don’t need a background or anything else. They provide a fascinating, pure and beautiful image alone. This one adds a small prop, but otherwise lets us get the story from the baby. The empty space seems almost necessary – adding anything would have only detracted from the overall photo.

7. Wander

The sky makes the ultimate empty space, because it is nothing substantial while providing natural and true beauty that only the world around us can truly provide. Because of the angle, we get a nice mix of colors, with a great silhouette.

8. Negative Space

This is one of the cooler examples I have seen. The negative space is made up of the subject’s hair, showing that it doesn’t have to be completely empty to give us the same effect. It is eye catching but incredibly simple, which is just what you want to see.

9. Feather

What I like about this one is it commands a certain amount of focus. The close-up of the feather is so minimalist that you actually have to stare a few seconds to even connect the title to what it really is. That is quite a feat, given how distinct the overall subject is. This is a fantastic abstract photo that is almost fully negative space, a rare thing to see in the genre.

10. Strolling

In this photo, we get to see how negative space can actually create an emotion. While all we see is a man walking against the background, the emptiness all around him is almost barren. He seems so alone, so lonely, and there is something deeply depressing about the photo (at least in my opinion). Others might see something different, which is wonderful – you can interpret it your own way, thanks to the open nature of the image.

Flickr Groups for Negative Space Photography

If you want to learn more, see more or just share your own, there are several groups you can check out. These are some of the best on Flickr, where already thousands of people have started sharing their work:

• Negative Space, Uncomfortable Places and Isolated Locales
• Negative Space
• Top 20 Minimalism and/or Negative Space
• Negative IomO
• The Art Of Empty Space
• White Space Wednesday
• ARCHISKY

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Making the Most of Negative Space: Inspiration

One topic that has always been hot has been typography. Even in the days of print, creating a new style was a big deal and had the potential to change the standards and practices of the time. That did not change as we moved on through the times, and now that we live in a more technologically advanced age we are seeing the same passion put into the subject.

While trends in this area (or in many design areas) can seem a bit circular during the past couple of decades, with retro styles making a comeback with a vengeance, it doesn’t end there. There are some fantastic new trends in the works, and these were sparked to help design a better, more modern flair to an old practice.

Let’s take a look at some of those trends.

The Changing Face of the Web

I remember the days of Internet infancy, and the face of the World Wide Web was a lot different from what it is today. The drastic shift in both the look and capabilities of the information superhighway in the last decade is staggering. But you see this change the most in the way that pages are designed and in the features available to designers compared with the past.

Typography is only one area; we also have logos, page layouts, banners, icons, animations and even inlaid videos that can be accessed in the blink of an eye on homepages, where once a MIDI was enough to crash some computers. It is a different age entirely.

Now, the playing field has been disturbed once again by the new kids on the block. HTML5 and CSS3 have made serious splashes, and there are plenty of experiments and projects out there that show the incredible upgrades they have provided.

This shows us one typography change for the modern day. There is a more customizable and user-friendly way to create a font and to share it. TrueType and OpenType files can be created, stored on a server and used by anyone with access. You can now even use plug-ins for programs like WordPress to use them in blogs. They can easily be read by just about every current browser available on computers and even digital media devices like Android-supported smartphones, Apple tablets and more.

Headlining Your Web Page

The content you create is inevitably important, in everything from the usefulness to your site to how it is perceived and ranked by Google. Your headings will help contribute to that by separating that content based on importance and letting you set the tone for the post.

Basic HTML headings are between <h1> (the most important) and <h6> (the least important), which can cause some confusion. People seem to think that you have to have each of these headings listed through the post to utilize them properly, which isn’t the case. I would recommend using between three and four headings to help properly isolate content.

Typography is important to this process because it helps generate an overall look or theme. You can use a different style for each header or the same one. Either way, the current trend is to create it yourself, such as through Photoshop. Or, you can code them to try each in your chosen browser in order to get a preview of the final result.

Remember that different headers will have a different flow. Space them out properly and make sure you use each one to present each section without overdoing it. The <h1> should stand out most while the others should blend in enough so as not to overpower it but still make certain areas stand out.

Links – More Than the True Blue

Think of an active link. I bet that the first thing your mind went to was a blue, underlined word or phrase, right? This is the traditional method of presenting an active hyperlink in a block of text, and it is still a classic that can be used. It isn’t something that will go out of style.

But lately, there has been a trend of creating more dynamic links through new designs. Sometimes, it is as simple as giving a badge or button, which has been around since the days of early HTML and Flash sites. Or, you can design your own way of showing the clickable link.

What I am seeing more and more is the use of different colors, with the same overall format. So the link will be in text, with an underline, but in a color like rose, royal purple or marigold. It is a small twinge, but it adds more than you might think to the look.

Styled Lists

This is one I like a lot. Lists are a popular format for anything from brochures to blog posts. People follow them easily, they draw the eye and they give information in a structured and organized way that is appealing. So you will probably use it yourself on a semi-regular basis.

More styled versions of these lists, featuring colors, separated boxes and horizontal rather than vertical spaces, are becoming very popular. They are easy to create using images rather than texts, which can then be inserted onto a page or into a post. This also saves you from coding and layout frustrations.

Share Your Own

There are dozens of other trends that are being used all the time to expand on the usual rules of web typography. What are some of your favorites currently making the rounds?

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Best Trends in Modern Typography (and How It Is Different)

Blue is an amazing color. As a highly emotional color, it can convey so much to the viewer with no real effort at all. The bright blue of a clear sky can cheer us, and the clear blue of a river or stream can calm us. It can express anguish and pain or sadness. It can be bright and chirpy, like a bluebird, or pale and powdery like the wall of a nursery.

With such versatility comes an unprecedented lack of limitations on the use of such a color. It is so emotive that just having it present in a piece of art can completely transform the mood – and, so, the context – of a piece. That is why it is used so often in photography, where nature provides ample opportunity to see the primary color in action.

If you are looking for some truly breathtaking examples or you want to share your own blue-inspired work, these 10 Flickr groups are the perfect place to start.

1. Blues Group

Blues Group is a standard photo pool that allows users to post either pictures or videos an unlimited number number of times for ratings, commenting and criticism.

There are no clear rules except that photos have to fall under “safe” category levels and contain blue as a primary focus. There are more than 350 members and thousands of photos submitted in the pool.

2. Blue-Azul

Blue-Azul is an English-speaking group that the owner says added “azul” to the title because of the huge number of gorgeous blue pictures coming out of South America lately.

The group tries to keep the pool current by deleting the two bottom photos in Flickr Interestingness each week, though with more than 6,500 photos currently hosted and over 1,100 members, this usually goes unnoticed by most. You can post one item per day, and it is a “safe” group.

3. Blue Sky Dichromatic

The contrast of a blue sky against a simple foreground can be truly stunning to witness. Blue Sky Dichromatic aims to take advantage of that fact for clean, beautiful photographs. The group has three rules: The photo has to be a two-piece picture with limited foreground against a blue sky; there are to be no people in the shot; and you can use any creative process necessary, such as color saturation, night shots or image enhancement.

While there are more than 1,200 members, there are only a few thousand pictures in the pool. That is due to regular pool cleanings that lead to deleted photos, something the owner asks not be considered an offense to those who are removed.

4. Blue Is My Favorite Color

If you love the color blue in all its forms, you will love Blue Is My Favorite Color. This is a photo group with an emphasis on discussion, and there are often lively conversations about the use of blue in a natural and living photography.

You can find some really creative and interesting shots, which flourish under the lack of structure within the group itself. You can post animation, photos and videos as often as you like. The group is “safe.”

5. Something Blue in My Life

In Something Blue in My Life, there are two rules. The first is that everything posted has to have blue as the main focus of the picture, giving the image context; it cannot simply be a color in the photo. Second, you have to comment on the previous picture before the one you posted every time you add an image to the pool. That’s a great one for winter calendar design inspiration!

If you don’t add a comment you will be given a warning and then banned from the group on the second offense. It is an easy system that seems to work well, and there are no actual limitations on the content of the photos other than them being “safe.”

6. Singin’ the Blues

An invite-only group, Singin’ the Blues is another that asks only for blue as a primary focus to be added to the pool. Members can invite people who they feel have captured the essence of the color. People are added regularly, and there are more than 5,000 members already there, with more than 8,000 photos in the pool. The group is “safe” and allows only pictures at this time.

7. Blue + Rust

Lately, there have been a lot of images on Flickr that feature rusty items, many of them pitted against blue backgrounds or blue objects. Someone decided it was time that all of those images were seen together in one place, and so Blue + Rust was born.

While it is a definite niche, there are more than 1,200 members and an astonishing 9,400 images in the pool that meet this simple – but specific – requirement. The group accepts any media, including illustrations.

8. Blue-Green Culture

Quality is a major requirement for Blue-Green Culture, which aims to bring the best of Flickr into one place. Both colors have to be the main focus of the shot – the more clear and deep those colors the better. The group will delete images that it feels don’t meet that requirement.

If you comment on a photo you are asked to use an invite code in your signature. The group has fewer than 1,000 members but almost 10,000 images in its pool.

9. The Blue and Purple Group

Another dual-color group, this fun pool is dedicated to blue and purple. However, unlike other groups where both colors have to be in the same shot, this one can be an either/or photo.

The color just has to be the main focus of the image, and otherwise the rules are completely open. Members can post as many as 10 images per day, and commenting is encouraged but not required.

10. The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour is a reference to that time of night just after sunset, where the sky is at its bluest point. The group allows photos anytime from sunset to night, with an emphasis on dusk and just before the total sundown. It does not allow people or day shots and will remove any images posted of either. The group takes any medium.

These are some of the best that Flickr has to offer. Do you have a group you are a member of that focuses on the color blue and you would like to share? Post the link in the comments section.

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10 Flickr Groups for Blue Photography That Will Inspire You

Coming off the heals of our post about the power (and importance!) of personal branding – we’ve scoured the web (okay – mostly theme forest) looking for some great designs that can help you get up and running building your own personal brand.

1) Signature

This neat WordPress theme, has some custom functions and page templates that really help you display your abilities – no matter what your field. However, unlike many of the other themes listed – it has a much more conventional website look and feel. It also features some great photo display elements for those of you who are looking to display works of art (web designs, photos, etc.) on your CV. Overall a great design with a whimsical look and feel.

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2) Ansonika

This clean, corporate, yet high-tech template has a fantastic layout and many options. Like many here it cleanly displays your abilities and can really help you stand out. The portfolio section is particularly nice – as are each of the portfolio pages. If you’re looking for a darker, very technical look this is the theme for you!

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3) Careera

Aptly named, this theme focuses on simply (and with very few colors) highlighting your expertise. Of all the templates in this list the homepage of Careera is my favorite as – as a business owner myself and someone that has evaluated thousands of resumes – the homepage is (cover letter) is so well designed – it immediately screams your work, personal, and technical information – cleanly! There are no questions.

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4) Clean And Corporate

True to its name “Clean and Corporate” is… clean and corporate. Although the colors are a bit unconventional – this is one of the simplest themes in the bunch – basically a digital resume – simple, clean, straightforward. Very nice!

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5) Clean CV

Favorite of the bunch – saved the best for last! Why is it so well done? It’s simplicity. For those of you without a digital portfolio to display – you just need a one page site that has your information – is easy to update – and MOST IMPORTANTLY – easy to read. Clean CV does that for you. One page, scroll up and down – and links to your important social networks… nothing more, nothing less – just the best way to represent your self online.

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5 Inspired Resume Website Themes

You guys all know what a huge role Facebook plays in people’s lives — it is the most visited social network, and the second most visited site on the web! For many people, Facebook has become their virtual home, and they cannot imagine their lives out of the Facebook world.

Speaking of the network potentials for brands, Facebook is one of the most powerful instruments for attracting clients to your business. It is a unique place where brands can directly interact with their existing and potential clients. That is why more and more companies put in their best licks for making their Facebook Fan Pages as much creative, unique and engaging as possible.

So, what are the basic points you should be focused on when designing a Fan Page for Facebook? We’ll find out right now…

1)  Choosing the name wisely.

Since we are talking about a business Facebook page, the name should reflect your or your service (product) nature and, at the same time, be catchy and memorable.

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2) Adding a unique profile image.

The profile image should be revative to your business and expressive enough. Make it 200px wide so that the system won’t resize it automatically.

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3) Designing a catchy Landing Page.

The more expressive and original your page design is, the more fans it will attract. The landing page should help you get Facebook fans. Offer something special for them in return for liking your brand: it may be promos, contests, discount coupons, exclusive info, and much more. Also, you can use use a call-to-action graphics in the landing tab to get more “Likes” from the page visitors.

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4) Add Facebook apps to your page.

Use the Static FMBL app for adding HTML/CSS code to your FB page therefore having more options for designing your Fan Page.

5) Set Google Analytics on your Facebook page.

For that you need to create a new account in Google Analytics with you FB page URL.

6) Provide high quality content to your fans.

Communicate with your fans. It is the most important aspect that you should always keep in mind. Be active, answer your fans’ questions fast, help solving their problems, interact with them as much closer.

The Facebook functionality allows you to add the “Invite Friends” box, embed videos, insert Flash content, and much more. Also, you can use a ready-made template: customize it and embed in the Facebook page. By the way, it is a good choice for all those who would like to create a professional Facebook Fan Page without hiring a designer.

A very good way to exalt your fantasy is browsing through other Facebook Fan Pages. So, I have showcased some of the most impressive and inspiring pages for you.

Facebook Fan Page Designs Showcase

MAC Cosmetics

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The Game — Team A

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Victoria’s Secret

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Inception

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TouchPhoto

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Baskin — Robbins

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Livescribe

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Del Sole

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REI

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Gnu World

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Brave

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VisCoupons

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South Park

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Imaginative

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SpongeBob SquarePants

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Walt Disney World

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Monopoly

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Reese’s

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Dr. Pepper

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Buffalo Wild Wings

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Sublime

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Bon Jovi

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Rascal Flatts

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AKON

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Diet Coke

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Fantasia

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Sephora

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Panda Express

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Carnival Cruise Lines

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Hello Kitty

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Sade

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Project Runway

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The Hub

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Korn

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Facebook  opened an absolutely unique way consumers and businesses interact with each other. The more efforts and time you invest into your Fan Page, the better result you will have. So, go ahead!

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How a Good Facebook Fan Page Should Look Like: Tips, Best Designs

This is a post from our new author Angela Nielsen of One Lily Creative Agency, a full-service web and print design company. Angela loves creating designs that win awards for clients, and is addicted to the thrill of helping people make sense of all this web-techno-marketing stuff.

Almost every day I talk with business owners who think social media is a fad, and if they just hold out long enough that it will go away. Or others that think social media is only used for sharing pictures of grandchildren and telling the world what you made for dinner.

In a time where people are using their Blackberry to check-in at a client meeting, their iphone to record a video from a seminar and post it on Facebook, or CEO’s reaching out to connections on LinkedIn to find a new employee – social media is now more business than ever. Businesses are using social media to educate consumers, create brand awareness, connect with like-minded others, be more transparent, and yes, even be social. This new way of communicating with prospects and customers has shifted the way companies think of marketing, opening new doors and options of reaching more people.

If you aren’t using social media to connect with your audience, you can bet your competition is. If you need proof in the pudding or know someone who needs it, take a look at the following infographic illustrating the reach of social media.

Check out the full-size infographic here and consider sharing this post with your friends or  clients.

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Still Think Social Media Is A Fad? [Infographic]

Color, one of the most overlooked and yet important elements to our every day lives. Because of the makeup of our brains, and the correlations between sight and perception, we are affected on a very deep level by color. Perhaps even more than we are affected by shape, or any other sense in the mind and body.

But color can relate to a great many things, even changing the way we think and feel. Check out these fantastic infographics about color and the way it is set in our world.

1. Psychology of Color

Many designers focus heavily on color schemes when they are working on logos, graphics or layouts. This is because the way a color is laid out will ultimately affect the impression and overall mood of the viewer. This infographic describes how each color maes a viewer feel, giving you an idea of how they will perceive your design.

2. What Your Web Design Says About You

Going a little bit deeper, this site is also made to show you how certain colors create certain feelings in the viewer. They provide information on a lot of the in-between colors, such as light blue verses indigo, or pink vs. white or red. They peg it as “Color Science”, and show you how to properly utilize it for your own benefit.

3. How Color Affects Our Purchases

Color affects more than mood, it also changes our buying habits. According to studies, there is an 80percent change depending on color when it comes to online shops, ads and campaigns. This site provides tips on each color, to show you how you can aggressively or subtely call to your market.

4. Using Color in Graphic Design

A great, printable reference sheet that shows how colors can be used more effectively in marketing.

5. Most Powerful Colors On the Web

Ever wonder what the best colors on the web are? Using a study based on logos of the most influential and powerful companies on the web, they compiled an infographic that works as a list. From the dominating blue of Facebook, to the red of YouTube, this is a must see.

6. What Different Colors Mean Around the World

Extremely interesting, this infographic tells you about colors and their associations from around the globe. From anger and jealousy, to virtue and bravery, the meanings can be interesting, and sometimes ever surprising.

7. Colors and Flags

An interesting infographic, this is a great way to teach the flags of nations to children. The pie charts show how much of each color is on the flag, and you can guess which one it is. Clicking on it reveals the flag itself, and the nation it comes from.

8. Color Preference By Gender

This study set out to find the preference of colors by gender, to see the difference based on brain biology. While many were similar, others had a wide difference, such as the male majority liking blue, and females liking purple.

9. The Color of Twitter

The creators of this infographic went through Twitter to find the most prevalent background colors used on profiles by users. This, they say, gives us the “Color of Twitter”. You might surprised by the results.

Color is a huge part of us, and of our general experience in life. Taking the time to realize how it affects us, from mood to thought patterns, will give us a baseline to calculate the relevance whereever we may need it. So next time you are making a media campaign, or just selecting new paint for your walls, keep in mind that what you choose is more important than looking pretty.

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9 Interesting Infographics About Color

A picture is worth a thousand words. But when that picture is itself made of words, your mileage may vary. Take the case of type-based infographics. Bad use of type clutters an image; it acts as decoration – yet becomes a roadblock to information transfer. However, good use of type can add an extra layer of data to a graphic. Text and type within an infographic can be used to place high-density packets of information within a larger context. Here are a few standouts.

1. The Evolution of Typography

Unsurprisingly, one of the best uses of type in graphics is to convey information about type itself. The Evolution of Typography presents letter forms within a Venn diagram, and uses type to illustrate the changing tides of font style.

2. The Periodic Table of Typefaces

Utilizing a different trope of scientific-diagram-turned-font-infovis, the Periodic Table attempts to organize fonts by relationship and complexity.

3. So You Need a Typeface

This massive flowchart of fonts is arguably the most useful typeface infographic and definitely the most sly. Here, type is necessary both to illustrate fonts and to provide the unnaturally high laughs-per-inch ratio.

4. Four Hundred Years of Academic Papers

If typeface tutorials borrow from science diagrams, certainly science can borrow back. This infographic uses type to illustrate major trends in scientific papers, their authors and their publication.

5. Map of Science

The abstract landscape of human inquiry also finds form through type. Making use of a two-dimensional field, this diagram uses text to show relationships between different fields of science.

6. Type Maps

Type also enhances maps of physical geography. By replacing the street lines of a map with a string of letters, a map’s focus is shifted off of its birds-eye shape and onto the names of places. Since we often think of a city in terms of its street names and neighborhoods, these typographic maps are ingeniously intuitive. It doesn’t hurt at all that these maps are aesthetically stunning, as well.

7. Type Map of Italy

Taking a different approach, this map uses text to convey regional cultural information about Italy; the map is composed of a geographically relevant word collage.

8. Who Owns US Debt?

This graphic uses text as a unit to help describe scale. One caveat: the information density of this graphic could have been improved by ditching the legend and simply writing the debtor’s name to scale within the graphic.

9. XKCD Color Map 3D Visualization

Type can also be used to compactly add value to visualizations of large quantities of data. In this visualization of color survey data, the type illustrates an essential relationship between a color and its name, as chosen by survey respondents.

10. Historyshots Map of Political Parties

Harking back to Minard’s famous historical infographic of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, this elegant modern-vintage history infographic use type effectively to increase the information density of the graphic. The image encapsulates the narrative of an entire history book.

Taken together, these stunning visuals prove that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a picture combined with thoughtful type is worth a million.

Jennifer Moline writes about freelancing, small business and design for the PsPrint Blog. PsPrint is an online printing solutions company, which you can follow on Twitter and Facebook.

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10 Coolest Typographic Infographics

Words aren’t just words. Rather, words portray meanings and can stir up every emotion from anger to lust. As such, designers have immense power over their audiences simply with the fonts they select and the manner in which those fonts are used. The following are ten 10 masterfully composed videos that provide perfect examples of how typefaces can be used to move audiences.

1. Trollback & Co.: Pop!Tech3008

Dark, sexy and inspiring, this video by Trollback & Co. combines fluidity and typography for a stunning effect. Its use of simple colors with red for emphasis illustrates the importance of minimalism in typography.

(I wish it could be embedded!)

2. The Ronin: Flash on the Beach

Inserting textile lettering into a video shoot rather than digitally incorporating the typography is an inspiring use of creativity as evidenced in this shoot by The Ronin. When watching the video it’s difficult to decide if you want to reach out and touch the letters or kick them over just to ensure they’re real.

3. TED 2009 Conference

The list of masterful typography videos wouldn’t be complete without a 3-D piece. This video for the TED 2009 Conference is inspiring and takes full advantage of the powers available with the recent 3-D trend. The 3-D effect provides an otherworldly feel that is totally cool.

4. Typography

This piece, simply titled “Typography,” takes an interesting spin on the scrolling karaoke lyrics found in traditional videos and transforms them into this well composed piece. Feel free to sing along.

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5. Troika: FOX

This video, made by Troika for FOX, is masterful in its punchy use of typography which that serves as transitions between the video elements. The use of color is also quite effective.

6. A Thin Line: MTVV

Using typography on the human body is an extremely impactful impressionable symbol and MTV’s “A Thin Line” commercial regarding the effects of cyber bullying uses it masterfully.

7. Typolutionn

Typolution is innovative by transforming lettering and punctuation elements into other images. Even more, the syncing of typographic elements and the background music is quite inventive.

8. Ya no sé qué hacer conmigo

Of course, masterful typographic videos aren’t only created in English as evidenced by this piece. The video is partly retro, partly modern, and completely stunning.

9. Wyld Stallyons: Punish the Atom

These punk rockers are in-your-face loud and their use of typography in their music video for “Punish the Atom” is no different. While the use of intense colors and overwhelming typography can sometimes have an adverse effect, it works well for Wyld Stallyons.

10. Flickermood 2.0

At times illegible, but perfectly masterful, this piece is a wonderful example of the recent trend of timing wildly flying lettering to a cool beat. The retro movie feel only further empowers this video’s creativity and uniqueness.

Whether you want to move your audience to tears or call them to action, you hold great power simply from your typography usage. As the design world continues to advance, new typographical uses will undoubtedly be discovered that will push the limits and challenge the old ways of thinking.

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10 Most Inspiring Videos about Typography