Manmade

Manmade is an information & experience design consultancy.
We work with scientists and founders to visualize complexity and communicate value.

[Jon Williams @yesthatjon]

Guidance and prompt for helping agents get closer to parity between builds and design systems in Figma https://t.co/pbPFiT6zKl

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You Shouldn't Want More v2

by Gary Cartlidge

https://t.co/uMkvDggWrG

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Incredible animation: A billion years of plate tectonics squeezed into 40 seconds. https://t.co/GYOXrXnaUH

[Jon Williams @yesthatjon]

Similar findings to the data ux work we did @wunderground scales - continuous change in luminance or intensity of a single hue can be more effective than multi-hue scales, particularly for the colorblind.

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

We’re in.

[UnderConsideration @ucllc]

Today on Brand New (Linked): Pantone has announced its Color(s) Of The Year for 2021: PANTONE® 17-5104, “Ultimate Gray” and PANTONE 13-0647, “Illuminating” https://t.co/7CzsFD6qXg

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

@markboulton We recently received a brief for an interactive PDF as part of an information design project. Initial reaction was “why not HTML” but after digging into the requirements and company culture (engineering focused) there are many strong use cases for PDF deliverables.

[Jon Williams @yesthatjon]

Your brand… on mushrooms. Hypha is a generative tool from @ctpt_studio and @pentagram that applies algorithmic fungal growth to typography.

h/t @huntercross

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

There’s a lot more information on aerosol transmission in this FAQ doc, although it’s rather a slog.

https://t.co/2koGj5qSsV

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

A clear, comprehensive article on aerosol transmission of Covid-19 with great visualizations.

Ventilation is key, which is a major concern by as we head into winter. Time to invest in HEPA filters.

h/t ⁦@swissmiss⁩ https://t.co/DfathgWNaW

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

A live, digital version of Massimo Vignelli’s iconic New York subway map from @workandco. Still in Beta, but feels pretty smooth.

h/t @ucllc

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

Berlin finds its way.

[Prof. Erik Spiekermann @espiekermann]

#fontsunday
Berlin before & after re-design in 1990

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

@BLKBKHQ

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

Going through the archives and found this job board we built for @K2Partnering which used Twitter as the CMS. Location and category hashtags in the job posting tweets were translated into a UI for filtering.

We used to have fun with the @Twitter API.

[Jon Williams @yesthatjon]

It might be too, er, simple for some, but as a proponent of reduction, and big bold identities, this rebrand for Simplex works for me.

https://t.co/U0iq3fSF1d

#rebranding #identity

[Ayman @AymanM]

Think about this for a second: just imagine what American politicians and the Preisdent would do and say if a leader of an Arab country, brandishing a Quran in hand stood in front of a mosque in the middle of nationwide protests vowing to use the military to quell demonstrations

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

@jessicahische @3FishStudios

[Luke Wroblewski @LukeW]

good information design (like good interface design & good programming) is more often defined by what you remove/don’t include than what you add.

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

Congratulations to our client @Trifacta on their Series D announcement. There is much data still to be wrangled. #bigdata

[Manmade @manmade_sf]

Color Use Guidelines for Mapping and Visualization #dataviz #resources https://t.co/wnvA6hgpCs

[Maarten Lambrechts @maartenzam]

Love the simplicity and info density in this: Color Scheme Types for Mapping and their Combinations https://t.co/53NQLvWpZW By @ColorBrewer

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

If Apple makes a car, it won’t be one you can own. You’ll subscribe to it. It’ll be an on-demand fleet w/ a guaranteed great experience.