Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Why the Civil War?
Read on…: Why the Civil War?Yesterday, President Trump asked why there had been no discussion about the causes of the Civil War. No, that is not a joke. Well, Mr. President, turns out that there has been quite a bit of discussion over the last few years. And the broad consensus? Note the above, with the darker shaded counties representing those […]
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The Typography of Dubai
Read on…: The Typography of DubaiInformation design takes many forms. True, in this blog I focus mostly on graphics, but signage is another important form. And the keys to signage are iconography and typography. So today we are going to take a look at some news in the typography front. Specifically, the introduction of a new typeface for Dubai designed […]
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Where Creativity Goes to Die
Read on…: Where Creativity Goes to DieI know I spent yesterday on the NFL Draft and that a lot of you would regard that as the lighthearted piece for the week. But trust me, here in Philly, it’s not so much. Just walk three blocks west from my flat. So today we have another piece from This Is Indexed that looks […]
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Trump’s Wall
Read on…: Trump’s WallAnother day, another story about the administration to cover with data-driven graphics. We are approaching Trump’s 100th day in office, traditionally the first point at which we examine the impact of the new president. And well, beyond appointing a Supreme Court justice, it is hard to find a lot of things President Trump has actually […]
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When France Is More Than France
Read on…: When France Is More Than FranceYesterday we looked at the result of, but today I want to talk about covering of the French presidential election. It dovetails nicely with a recent story here in the states about Hawaii. Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticised a court ruling because it came from a judge “on some island in the Pacific”. […]
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The Meaning of Macron and Le Pen.
Read on…: The Meaning of Macron and Le Pen.Well there you have it. Macron and Le Pen are moving on to round two of the French presidential election. Now, I have two things I want to address regarding the election. Today’s post looks at the meaning of the result and tomorrow’s will be about how that result was displayed. Quartz did a really […]
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How to Identify Certain Birds
Read on…: How to Identify Certain BirdsThe skies have lots of birds. Here’s a graphic from xkcd to help you identify them all. Because it’s Friday. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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US Steel Imports
Read on…: US Steel ImportsOn Thursday President Trump announced that the Commerce Department would investigate imports of steel to the United States. This falls under the Buy American campaign pledge. A lot of talk in the media is, of course, about the threat of Chinese steel to the United States. So I dug into the Census Bureau’s website and […]