A lenticular map of NYC by Christopher Cannon. Isotope 221’s website has a nice description of the project. (Via Raffertyesque)

The Tokyo Ito Museum of Architecture has made a paper craft diagram available for download that will let you recreate the building at 1:150 scale. (Via Things Magazine)

“Optimal” is an interesting choice to describe urine. And not that we need to be scientific about this, but wouldn’t the color be dependent on how much water is in the toilet? (Via)

Good article by Steve Silberman on the woman behind Apple’s first icons, including some great concept sketches. (Via)

This endeavor aims to educate through Infographics stamped on dollar bills.

Jim Valandingham animates the racial divide in cities using census data of their black and white populations. (Via)

I went to the Talk To Me exhibit at MoMA this past weekend and I highly recommend it. There are too many great pieces to link, but one that’s viewable online is a project cataloging different animal sounds made by children around the world. They are surprisingly different, but mostly all recognizable. They’re also absurdly cute.

These minimalist posters by Christian Jackson each represent a familiar children’s story. (from Papertastebuds, via @rosegarsch)

Nathan Yau of Flowing Data remixes this New York Times interactive graphic about how americans spend their day. His version breaks up the activity categories so they can be compared side-by-side. The original survey data can be found here.

In his new book, Ursus Wehrli takes the disorder of everyday life and organizes it. (Via Kottke)

A good illustration and article in the New York Times addressing the variation in women’s dress sizes (via Flowing Data).

Arthur Buxton’s beautiful piece shows Vincent van Gogh paintings as pie charts based on the most prominent colors used in them. (Via Flowing Data)

Alexander Chen animates New York City’s subway system as if it’s a string ensemble. (Via Kottke)

This graphic created by Dehahs, a member at Deviantart, tracks all the deaths that Dexter is responsible for. There are obviously spoilers in this chart, so if you haven’t seen the show and plan to, then don’t click the image. (Via Flowing Data)

The New York Times has a piece about this map from 1860. It’s the last visual record showing slavery from census data. (Via Flowing Data)