state of the union

RT @nybooks: The US ranks 48th in infant mortality among all nations; in 1960, it was 12th. http://t.co/uwgoQzsv

27 June 2012 | LINK | Filed in state of the union

Follow the Money

The tents have been cleared from the park, but the currency of ideas still circulate. Occupy George is a lovely Occupy Wall Street intervention that visually describes disparities in U.S. wealth on a bit of the wealth itself. It’s infographics in your pocket!

24 November 2011 | LINK | Filed in information design, occupy wall street, state of the union

Political Graffiti

All graffiti have their politics but some more explicitly call for public policy change. Here are a few interesting pieces I’ve run into in the last week. An effective mix of surprise and cheek.

A portrait of Troy Davis wheatpasted to the sides of a fence in London for Amnesty International UK, protesting his then pending execution in Georgia. More »

Residents, environmentalists and officials want to tear down an obsolete dam near Ojai. After years of protest, a band of artists used creative tactics to call attention to the issue. The image appeared on the front page of the local paper the same day environmentalists, county officials, and the Army Corps of Engineers met to discuss the dam. More »

A nice bit of information design. (Via)

25 September 2011 | LINK | Filed in graffiti, guerilla civic improvement, information design, state of the union

Class War, Illustrated. Infographic sizing up tax breaks to the wealthy vs. budget cuts to social safety net programs. (tx)

13 March 2011 | LINK | Filed in information design, state of the union

Way of the Gun. A quick state-level map and statistical analysis on gun violence in the US reveals some interesting correlations:

I’d love to see if a finer-grained city or census tract correlation bear out these findings, as well as other factors like, say, the scale of gun ownership.

14 January 2011 | LINK | Filed in information design, mapping, state of the union

Food Pyramids

I missed this when it first hit the web, but wow, that’s a striking presentation.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published this graphic during the 2007 debate on the US Farm Bill.

24 September 2010 | LINK | Filed in food, gov, health, information design, state of the union

Auto

There are plenty of structural issues around the crisis in the Gulf, but this one was on my mind tonight. PDF version here.

17 June 2010 | LINK | Filed in posters, self, state of the union

Memorial Day

Source: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/04/military_veterans_suicide_042210w/

While there may not be so many “unknown soldiers” any more, it seems like there are more and more forgotten ones in our midst.

31 May 2010 | LINK | Filed in memory, posters, self, state of the union, war

Job Loss to Recovery. The Obama administration has posted an infographic to bolster claims that a year after its signing, the Recovery Act is working wonders. I get the point, but the y-axis label is confusing: wouldn’t negative job loss be the same as job creation? Regardless, I had a different picture of the recovery.