International Housing Indicators
In: Global Economy Housing Innovative Interactive Source: Economist Updated regularly
28 Sep 2009The Economist just released a nice new tool for looking at several housing indicators across major countries. They plan to expand and update it as more information becomes available.
Death of Detroit
In: Culture Maps US Economy
25 Sep 2009Half the population has left (since 1950). Unemployment is at 29%. Average price of a house: $15 thousand. Related article. Beautiful horrible photos.
State of the Union
In: Culture Housing Maps US Economy
25 Sep 2009A number of interesting maps: percent of people uninsured (below), percent of people 65+ years old still working (below), median income, homeowners, percent of carpoolers, commute time.
Airline Baggage Hubris
25 Sep 2009Baggage fee revenue versus baggage complaints. I like it. I would like it even more if the Economist would stop putting distracting photos behind their charts that make it hard to read the data. (also, I’m flying United tomorrow – which doesn’t bode well).
ART Timeline
In: Culture
25 Sep 2009A clear timeline of 20th century art, with some cultural reference points (population, science, politics). The inclusion of “consumer art” is an interesting addition. (via)
Warm August
25 Sep 2009NOAA has a cool animated visualization of the temperature in August compared to the historical average. It would be nice to see this in an interactive toy over time. (via)
Death is a Risk
25 Sep 2009Fatality rates for a number of diseases, and fatality rate vs survival time outside the body (why you should wash your hands). Designed and researched beautifully by Information is Beautiful.
Student Loans
In: Culture
25 Sep 2009A look at the numbers (yes, students and parents are still getting screwed by overpriced education), originally by WallStats.
EU Expenditure
In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Interactive Maps Politics
24 Sep 2009EU 2007 spending by country, or on a map. (via)
Extinction
23 Sep 200926 well designed cards (though some more interesting information on each would have been nice) produced to draw attention to threatened species. Below is the Amur Tiger. From ArtistAsCitizen.
This has got to be one of the silliest and content-lacking infographics I’ve seen in a while. The pie charts are almost useless, most of the icons indecipherable, and placing them over the faces of schoolchildren?!?
Twitter Trends Map
In: Culture Interactive Maps
23 Sep 2009Real time interactive map of tweets. Scroll in and see what people are talking about around the world.
Ancient Graphic Design
23 Sep 2009The Aztec calendar stone is a great example of data density.
Mickey-D Map
23 Sep 2009A map of the United States, colored by the distance to the nearest McDonalds. In case you were wondering, the furthest point from a McDonalds you can get to in the country is 107 miles (145 miles by car).
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