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Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.

I really enjoyed this project by Pedro M Cruz. Its mix of factual information and history with striking visual design captures all the things I like about data visualisation. Discovered on datavisualisation.ch – and best viewed full screen!

New look Curzon Cinemas website.

A couple of years ago I blogged about the Curzon Cinemas website, which I criticised for its unnecessary use of Flash. Well, I’m not sure how long ago it happened, but Curzon got a redesign, and it looks great:

• Classy, unfussy typography and black and white core styling
• Nice colour-coding for the 5 different cinemas
• Nice, logical 3-column layout: listings on the left, description and video in the middle, stuff to catch your eye in the far right
• Cufón custom font replacement
• Stacks of javascript for Flash-like fade effects, AJAX-loading and showing/hiding elements

I also love the fact that each new release has a trailer embedded in the page. Excellent stuff.

Photographing the digital print bureau at London College of Fashion threw up some interesting colours and shapes…

My colleague Belinda May dreamt up the idea of creating some installation art in the main theatre of the Rootstein Hopkins Space at London College of Fashion. I borrowed a Canon Ixus and got stuck in.

More on Belinda’s Flickr.