Less than a second
As information design consultancy Signal Noise notes, time is of the essence now more than ever before.
![Signal Noise One Second Speed Map.](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Signal-Noise-One-Second-Speed-Map-1002x1601.jpg)
Indeed, as they surmise, we can now access enormous reams of data in ‘less than a second’, thanks to technologies such as a camera that can capture the movement of light in slow motion, or the Large Hadron Collider – to be celebrated at a new Science Museum show next month– which can capture sub-atomic activity happening at whopping speeds.
![Josh Gowen](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Josh-Gowen-1002x1603.jpg)
From next week, the consultancy is drawing together an exhibition of what it deems to be the best printed information and data design.
![Signal Noise Leap Second](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Signal-Noise-Leap-Second-1002x1603.jpg)
The show is themed around the idea ‘less than a second’, with works showing ‘how technology is enabling a vast number of data points and events to be read and understood across a variety of fields – from automated trades to F1 analytics’, says Signal Noise.
![Paul Butt](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Paul-Butt-1002x686.jpg)
Featured designers include Paul Butt, of Information is Beautiful fame; Dave Bowker, 2009’s Design Museum designer in residence; data science agency Quantum Black, and works by Signal Noise themselves.
![Dave Bowker.](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Dave-Bowker-1002x686.jpg)
All the works on show will be available to buy.
![Quantum Black](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Quantum-Black-1002x686.jpg)
Less Than a Second runs from 1 – 2 November at Blackall Studios, 73 Leonard Shoreditch EC2A. For more information visit www.lessthanasecond.info
![Joshua Lambert.](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/standfirst-designweek-production/uploads/2013/10/Joshua-Lambert-1002x686.jpg)
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