Data visualization as cultural phenomenon (via FlowingData)
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November 8, 2012 to Data Art by Nathan Yau
In 1979, Joy Division released their album ’Unknown Pleasures’, and the cover was an image of readings from a pulsar. That image grew into a cultural phenomenon. With the kick off of the new Visualized conference in New York, this short video explores the growth of the icon. [Thanks, Eric]