Category Posts for'Japan'
30 Seconds – Japanese Map of America
I have no idea what this is about but it’s colourful if rather badly wrong!
It’s just a map of the USA, seemingly as the Japanese (well those who can’t read an Atlas or view Google Maps) perceive the USA.
Popularity: 35% [?]
Posted: October 16th, 2007 under 30 seconds, Japan, art, bizarre, culture, geographical, image.
Tags: Japan, map, usa
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Amaztype – Visualising Amazon Searches
This is really clever. Select one of the Amazon websites (com, uk, Japan or Canada) then a category (books, music or dvd/videos) and a search phrase.
I entered portent and you can see the word in the picture. Move your mouse over and click and it expands- I clicked a picture in the lower half of the “o” in portent (I highlighted this and combined into one image with box and arrow) , so you can see the book covers. As you move over then you get a pop up with book details etc. Now click again and you’re on the chosen site, on the page for that book etc. Quite clever especially as it’s a Japanese site (with text in English) and it has to pull the details and images from the selected Amazon site.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Posted: October 6th, 2007 under Japan, books, commercial, flash, visualisations.
Tags: amazon, book, search, visually
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