stealing ideas

This is the most elegant explanation, visual or otherwise, I’ve found that makes sense of our current global financial situation.

What’s just as, if not more, interesting than the Credit Crisis video is the thesis behind the project:

“The Crisis of Credit Visualized distills the economic crisis into a short and simple story by giving it form. It is also argues that designers have the ability to see a complex situation, then turn around and communicate it to others. By giving graphic form to the credit crisis, it becomes comprehensible. Not only do economic activities take shape, but new relationships can emerge between these shapes.”

We’ve started to see advertisers use this approach to the :30 spot, as brands try to communicate a lot of information in a simple, meaningful, memorable way. The most recent example of motion design that comes to mind: