Culture Archive:
History of Gay Marriage
20 Oct 2009infographic of the various referendums (as of May 09)
Marriage
In: Culture Source: NYT
18 Oct 2009Changing trends in overall age and older/younger trends. Related article. (via)
Europeans are a Bunch of Drunks?
16 Oct 2009Europeans are the heaviest drinkers in the world, with many costs.
Pay Ratios
16 Oct 2009How long would you have to work to earn as much as a top CEO. This infographic uses three different salaries for comparison (minimum wage, average worker, POTUS).
Cultural Memes
14 Oct 2009Sometimes a good graphic design takes on a life of it’s own.
of course, the original was based on a great photograph:
and if you want to you can make your own.
2010 Ski Resort Guide
In: Culture Interactive
13 Oct 2009A very nice interactive radial design based on Ski Magazine’s 2010 survey. The resorts are separately ranked for the East and West. Click on the color scale at the bottom to see ranking by category, or click on a resort to see a more detailed write-up and links to their websites.
How to Crack a Combination Lock
13 Oct 2009Simple instructions on how to break into a Master combo lock in less than 100 attempts (instead of trying all 64,000 possible combinations). (via)
Nobelity
13 Oct 2009A timeline of Nobel Peace Prize award winners since 1994:
and the pre-announcement bookie odds on who the winner was going to be:
Brain Awards
13 Oct 2009A table of how much various annual achievement awards pay out.
Your Brain on God
8 Oct 2009Sort of an interactive article on recent brain research related to spiritual experiences, drill down through different topics and more detailed write-ups.
Atheism on the Rise
In: Culture
7 Oct 2009Another example of the data being hidden by poor design. Can you read the charts? Can you even find them? It took me a minute of scrolling around to locate the atheism chart.
Instrumental Range
6 Oct 2009A wonderful interactive chart showing the frequency range of various musical instruments and how they correspond to human hearing.
A little old (circa 2007), and probably the wrong thing to follow that last post with, but here’s a map of where the ratios of single men-to-women are imbalanced in America. Have a nice weekend!
Disturbing
In: Culture
2 Oct 2009The original data is from the UN. It would be interesting to see this stat for the United States.
Politics, Age, and Gay Marriage
In: Culture
2 Oct 2009Old people and young people often disagree on important issues. the chart below illustrates how different our culture’s views of gay marriage are across generations (and states, for that matter). From Ryan Sager.
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