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This morphing map is a helpful reminder of how difficult it can be to convey a wide range of information in a single cartogram. The post Electoral Maps All Look a Little Different. Here’s Why appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A couple of made-up electoral possibilities from ace statisticians at FiveThirtyEight become a Twitter meme … and then things get predictably ugly. The post How the Electoral Map Would Look: Women, Men … Bears? appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Hoefler & Co.’s Try.typography.com is like a fitting room for typefaces. The post Hoefler & Co.’s Handy Web Tool Lets You Try On Different Typefaces—For Free appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

If you’re not home, Ding will turn the doorbell’s ring into a voice call that goes straight to your phone, via an app. The post Ding Is a Smart Doorbell—But Not Too Smart for Its Own Good appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Experience something akin to the overview effect flipping through Ben Grant’s gorgeous book. The post You’ll Never See Earth From Space. But This Book Is Close appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Designer Brendan Ravenhill reimagined Fuller’s Dymaxion Map as a magnetic globe. The post Map Nerds, Rejoice: Here’s the Dymaxion as a Foldable Globe appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Thomas Heatherwick’s “Vessel” is one of many attempts to enliven familiar business environments. The post 11 Ways to Make Your Office Complex Less Soul-Suckingly Awful appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Jonathan Hoefler based Chronicle Hairline on Didot, a font found in <em>Harper’s Bazaar</em> and <em>Vogue</em>, but it’s a little more dressed down. The post New Font ‘Chronicle Hairline’ Is for Men Who Wear Dress Shoes Without Socks appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Instagram’s new offices looks like the app. The post Instagram Got a New Office. It Looks Like Instagram appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Designer James Quail based the poster’s design on a circuit board from a transistor radio. The post Let’s All Obsess Over This Intricate Map of Alt Music History appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico