Archive for July, 2010

This is Burning Man

In: Culture

29 Jul 2010

A fantastic infographic about the annual arts festival.

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BP recently released some (badly) photoshopped PR pictures – and a group of artists decided to show them how to do it properly. I can’t stop laughing at the godzilla ones.

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For each of six questions, your answers will be compared to public opinion polls and recent decisions of the supreme court.

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The Roberts Court has issued conservative decisions at a slightly higher rate than the Rehnquist or the Burger Courts.  [Related article]

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Thanks to epetrela for the link!

Yikes! Anybody want to re-jigger this to per-capita? Or does that not really matter in this case? Thoughts?

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A chart illustrating why home are still overvalued. image

An interesting table of the all-time biggest CEO payouts.

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Losing Our Religion

In: Culture

28 Jul 2010

This graphic is based on a survey of the religious affiliations of adults (bottom) versus when they were children (top). One of the biggest winners: “None”.

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The Junk Charts blog attempted another way of visualizing the same data:

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I’ve lived in DC for 25 years – this timeline is completely accurate. It’s a lot of sound and fury that produces nothing more than clever dinner party conversations. (via)

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A videographic full of interesting charts and facts. For example: we all watch more television then we think we do.

From Dodd-Frank to Basel III, this graphic explains the current plans for global financial regulatory reform in advanced economies, from the US to the eurozone.

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(note: some FT items require a subscription – you can view up to 10 articles a month for free)

The roll-over explanations are almost detailed to a distracting level, but the overall design is superb.

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Durham Univeristy’s International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) maintains some interesting maps and history.

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Interactive look at 12 preventable health risks that result in six different causes of death. A very nice design — if you ignore having to manually close the popups. (via Visual Loop)

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A slick comparison of the routes, elevation, history, and conditions.

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