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15 January 2009

2008 Feltron Annual Report

By Keir Whitaker

A few years ago I came across a link to an article about a report a New York based graphic designer called Nick Felton had published outlining in his year in numbers. Inspired by the design I dropped him a quick email asking if it was possible to get a copy as a PDF. To my delight a few hours later a copy dropped in my inbox. I have been following the reports ever since.

Due to popular demand Nick made his 2007 report available to buy. A week and a few dollars later the printed copy arrived. I have a long-standing love of paper and printed material and the report didn’t fail to impress, from the carefully stitched spine to the custom envelope.

During 2008 Nick and his colleague Ryan released a web app called Daytum making it possible for us to all join in the fun. At the Future of Web Design conference last November in New York we invited Nick to give a short presentation about his annual reports and Daytum. It was one of the many highlights on the day.

Shortly after FOWD Nick was interviewed by Paul Boag on issue 146 of Boagworld.

The good news for fellow data obsessives is that the 2008 report is now available. You can read it online or purchase your own copy. Enjoy.

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This post was written by

Keir Whitaker

Keir started his career as an IT support technician in an East London NHS organisation and progressed to the position of Web Services Manager for a large NHS Trust. After leaving the NHS in 2004 he worked as a freelance web developer in both PHP and ASP.Net. More recently he has been delving into the world of Python and Django. Keir joined Carsonified in February 2008, lives in Bath, subscribes to far too many magazines and enjoys the occasional mojito. You can follow him on Twitter

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  slee

  # January 15, 2009 - 10:25 am

  Love the design very unique

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  Elliot Jay Stocks

  # January 15, 2009 - 10:54 am

  Thanks to your tweet yesterday, I ordered the 2008 report. Can’t wait for it to arrive!

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  Joel Hughes

  # January 15, 2009 - 11:08 am

  That is really clear, minimal design. It’s definitely my personal preference.

  The App is also an exercise in clear uncluttered thinking (exactly the kind of site/app I’m aspiring to, but not yet reaching with http://www.goodbaad.com).

  Very cool

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  Paul

  # January 15, 2009 - 1:26 pm

  It’s a wonderful thing to look at. You can really tell it has been so well thought out.

  Each year has it’s own style, and yet retains an identify that is seen in every report.

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  tom

  # January 21, 2009 - 1:44 pm

  Have also been a fan of his since he started creating the reports!

  Cannot wait for the print version of this years to arrive, so nice so see really well executed infographics/print design

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