The Prettiest Visualization Of Social Media Chatter We've Ever Seen

Much prettier than a Twitter timeline. To commemorate the launch of 4G services in the UK, artist Brendan Dawes was commissioned to create these beautiful "digital portraits" of 11 cities. Really they're more like "social media user portraits," since that was the data used, though it's not totally clear which social media that entails. What we do know is that Dawes tracked the biggest news stories over three days in October 2012, then graphed them in these gorgeous flower shapes. He explains the...