Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Hunting for Elephants
I’m back after two weeks holiday. See, I didn’t forget you. I even brought you presents. Of a sort. From National Geographic come two maps from an article about the poaching of elephants—if I recall correctly. The first map is the better of the two. It shows the impact of poaching by overlaying the ranges […]
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Season’s Greetings Infographic
Read on…: Season’s Greetings InfographicThe holiday card I designed for my employer Euromonitor International wishing you happy holidays.
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Mass Shootings in the US
Read on…: Mass Shootings in the USIn the aftermath of last Friday, the Washington Post has an informative guide to mass shootings in the United States in 2012. Credit for the piece goes to Wilson Andrews, Bonnie Berkowitz, Alberto Cuadra, Emily Chow, Laris Karklis, Dan Keating and Katie Park.
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Healthy Living
Read on…: Healthy LivingYesterday the Washington Post published an article and an accompanying interactive infographic on life expectancy. But not just how long one can expect to live, but also how long one can expect to live in good health. What makes the piece particularly nice and effective are the annotations that explain some of the data points, […]
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England and Wales Census Results
Read on…: England and Wales Census ResultsEarlier this week, the Office of National Statistics in the United Kingdom released census results for England and Wales. (Northern Ireland and Scotland are reported separately.) England has more people than expected, most likely because of undercounting of immigrants, and Wales is now some three million and counting. There are fewer Christians than expected—and fewer […]
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Canadian Debt
Read on…: Canadian DebtCanada, along with Australia, was one of the few Western, industrialised economies to weather the global recession of 2008 fairly well. However in recent years, despite the economic boom in the energy-rich western provinces, many of Canada’s provinces have been accumulating substantial—though not yet crippling—levels of debt. Toronto’s National Post explores the federal and provincial […]
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Fighter Jets
Read on…: Fighter JetsA large-scale infographic with lots of drawings of fighter jets. That’s pretty much what this is. And that’s cool enough for me. The background is that the US fighter programme for the F-35 is increasingly ridiculously expensive and beyond budget. Some nations, like Canada, are starting to have second thoughts. This post outlines potential options […]
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The Threat of Climate Change
Read on…: The Threat of Climate ChangeWe are warming the planet. And like ice cubes in a glass of water on a hot summer’s day, Earth’s ice caps will, over the course of centuries, begin to melt and contribute to a rise in sea level. Unfortunately, most of the world’s population lives close to shorelines or the rivers connecting continental interiors […]