Category Archives: infographic

Infographic of the Week: Internet users, 2000 v. 2010

via flickr.com See, charts can be so beautiful. This one is gorgeous, and tells the story just as effectively as two grey circles on a white background.

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Infographic of the week: I could [not] care less

via incompetech.com I do care.

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Infographic of the Week: Water Bottle Continuum

via thedoghousediaries.com Heh.

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Infographic of the Week: Lawsuits in the Mobile Business (remix)

The information is marginally interesting, but I mainly I dig the playful, clever, and easy to read design. Millions of miles better than the original which inspired it.

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Infographic of the Week: Racial Segregation In America’s Biggest Cities

via businessinsider.com Each dot represents 25 people. Red is for white folks, blue is black, green is Asian, orange is Hispanic. This image, of the Bay Area, shows by far the most mingling of racial populations out of all the cities profiled. The radical divide (found elsewhere) is both shocking and yet not that surprising. [...]

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Chart of the Week: Job losses before and after Obama’s stimulus plan

via voices.washingtonpost.com The big picture is a lot more complicated, of course, and we should be doing a lot more to stimulate job growth. However, narrative is important, and this extremely simple chart does a great job of telling a story.

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Infographic of the Week: Federal Subsidies – Fossil Fuels vs. Renewable Energy

The vast majority of federal subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable energy supported energy sources that emit high levels of greenhouse gases when used as fuel. Fossil fuels (left) garner far greater subsidies than renewables, to the tune of $72 billion over the study period ('02-08). Renewable fuels, meanwhile, saw just $29 billion over the [...]

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