Songs in Charts

Songs as information design? Here is a wonderful new thing to do with piecharts, flowcharts or other diagrams: turn song lyrics into visualized information.

SONG CHART is a Flickr Group that has originated from preserving a Live Journal meme. Many of these musical infographics posted are just brilliant. I love this simple idea:

Friday Im In Love The Cure

They are pure genius when they not only catch the lyrics but also the character of the song, like this one:

Around the World Daft Punk

More here, check it out: Flickr Group: Song Chart

I figured this would be a could drill and I added a couple of charts myself. But I couldnt help wondering what Tufte or Maeda would do for this.

heinztocotronic biginjapanlovewilltearuspart yellow

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February 26, 2008 | Filed Under Input, Output | Leave a Comment 

Hello Elky. Hello Spreadshirt-Shop.

I had planned this for longer and now got into do-mode. I just finished a T-Shirt Shop (via Spreadshirt) with the first motive (also the result of a little drawing session over the weekend). It was about time. There is a link on the left…

thenausner apparel

 

Hello Elky

 

February 21, 2008 | Filed Under Improving, Output | Leave a Comment