When it comes to tragic military events, few would rate worse than the French invasion of Russia in 1812. A disastrous combination of situations resulted in the once powerful Grande Armée being reduced from nearly half a million strong, to a shockingly small 10,000 following their retreat. This vintage information graphic detailing the event was […]
David Byrne on good infographics: Insight seems to happen most often when data sets are crossed in the design of the piece — when we can quickly see the effects on something over time, for example, or view how factors like income, race, geography, or diet might affect other data. When that happens, there’s an […]
Zeit ist relativ: Full version (mindblowing) – 2013 Alternative version
Seminal TED Talk by Hans Rosling. Still great after all the years. A milestone that shows the power of new forms of visualisation, making use of a lot of different available datasets, global and historic comparisons in a mindblowing manner. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing […]
Johnny Cash has been everywhere, man – music hack by Iain Mullan, London 2012