Comments on: I've got brain freeze!

Question: I've got brain freeze!

miss lynnster — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:42:06 -0800

I need to design some really cool (elegant but very simple and clean) charts and/or graphs for a small brochure... any good resources you can point me to for inspiration? (Preferably websites, not books. I'm working on this tonight.)

I'm working on a brochure for a skin care company and I need to include some small charts and graphs. Think Clinique, Origins or Prescriptives. Things need to be minimal, streamlined, sophisticated... right now I'm working with simple gradients. I'm looking for good examples of other approaches besides basic pie charts and stacked boxes. Trying to be uber creative... but my brain is fried. Heeelllllp.

Thanks oodles, my peeps.

By: nz_kyle

nz_kyle — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:01:50 -0800

Juice Analytics have some great stuff, including this handy chart chooser (requires Flash), which gives templates for beautiful Excel and Powerpoint charts.

Stephen Few has some great stuff at his website; check out the examples page, the library and the blog. There are some good examples of awesome charts in here.

John Peltier is probably the best guy when it comes to Excel charts; you can take some of his stuff and adapt it to whatever you're using.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:16:18 -0800

FYI, I'm creating them in Illustrator & Photoshop. But that doesn't really matter, I can make them look like just about anything once I find the inspiration.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:56 -0800

You should check out the Feltron Annual Report, wherein (designer) Nicholas Felton documents the minutae of his life with all manner of charts and stats.

By: carbide

carbide — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:10:54 -0800

It ain't online and it's library-priced, but if you ever get a chance to look at FARMAX, it does amazing things with graphic representation of data. (The colour scheme is more playful architect than high-end skincare, but it's beautiful and inspiring.)

By: methylsalicylate

methylsalicylate — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:47:22 -0800

I can't believe no one's mentioned Edward Tufte.