With Russian and Chinese populace gripped by fear of the 2012 Mayan apocalypse this Friday 21st 2012, we thought it might be time to update our End of The World? infographic exploring evidence from both skeptics and believers..
» See it on the Guardian Datablog.
There’s a new second edition of Information is Beautiful ( Amazon UK | US) out this holiday season. It features 20 new visualizations and over 20 updated infographics. I hereby pimp it.
If you’ve already got a copy of the book, thank you! This is probably not a substantial enough upgrade to be worth a re-purchase.
But it’ll make a great gift for someone who hasn’t read it.
In the UK, you can order it from Amazon here.
In the USA, book can be ordered as the Visual Miscellaneum (long story).
It looks like this:
You can also order it in Canada.
» French: DataVision in France
» Datavision in French-Speaking Canada
» Spanish – La información es bella
» Italian – Information is Beautiful
» German – Das Bilder Buch
It’s also available in South Korean, Chinese, Finnish and Hungarian (but I couldn’t find the links to those editions, alas).
I hope you enjoy it!
The recent climate change talks in Doha have emitted a gigaton of graphs, statistics and numerical predictions.
We’ve condensed all the key numbers into a single diagram. It lays out the perils and potential effects of our global fossil fuel habit – and the urgency to balance our “carbon budget”.
» See it on the Guardian Datablog
» Examine the data for yourself: http://bit.ly/CO2gigatons
» Download a free hi-res printable PDF
The LOTR Project by Emil Johanssen.
Statistics on the population of Middle Earth. Number of women. Average life span. Age distribution. Population demographics. Sooth! I thought was geeky…
Last night, at a packed party venue in London, we announced the winners of the inaugral Information is Beautiful Awards. Thank you to all our amazing judges, supporters, staff and our ever generous sponsors Kantar. And the biggest high-five to the 1000+ talented people who courageously entered their work.
Below are the categories winners. See the complete list here.
Data Journalism
Gold: CNN Home & Away, Stamen
Silver: Government Spending, Guardian data and graphics teams
Bronze: Metallica on Stage, Deniz Cem Önduygu, Amaç Herdağdelen, Eser Aygün
Interactive Visualisation
Gold: Notabilia, Moritz Stefaner, Dario Taraborelli, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia
Silver: The American Energy Spectrum, Hyperakt, Deroy Peraza, Eric Fensterhei
Bronze: Evolution of Web, Hyperakt, Deroy Peraza, Eric Fensterhei
Data Visualisation
Gold: Information graphics in context, Peter Ørntoft
Silver: Look at the sky, Carla Fernandez / Arce
Bronze: Lunar calendar, Dimitre Lima
Infographic/Infodesign
Gold: Cover mania, Michele Mauri
Silver: Envisioning emerging technology for 2012 and Beyond, Michell Zappa
Bronze: Paulo Estriga CV, Paulo Estriga
Motion Infographic
Gold: Afghanistan – What is the true cost of war?, Peter Jeffs, Tom Stevenson
Silver: Stuxnet: Anatomy of a virus, Patrick Clair, Scott Mitchell
Bronze: Economist – The Seventh Billion, Economist.com team
Tool or Website
Gold: The Antimap, Trent Brooks
Silver: FF Chartwell, Travis Kochel and FontFont
Bronze: Gephi, Mathieu Bastian, Sébastien Heymann, Mathieu Jacomy
See more details on the special awards and the overall winner
Psycho-dimensional infographic for navigating the psychotherapeutic conception of the individual self and its defences.
We’re in the final stages voting for the winners of the Information is Beautiful Awards – and I really need your brains.
The votes from the official judges votes are in – and man, it’s so tight. We’re biting our nails down to the wrist.
The community acts as a meta-judge on the panel. Your votes will literally tip the balance one way or another.
You get just one vote, for one piece across the whole awards. So I recommend zooming in on a shortlist category you’re interested in, and slamming the ‘vote now’ button on your favourite piece. It’ll take 2 minutes.
» Data visualization
» Infographic
» Interactive visualization
» Data journalism
» Motion infographic
» Tool or website
Voting closes midday GMT on Monday 24th September 2012.
Thank you!
David
The winners will be announced at a party at the ICA in London on Thursday 27th September, starting 7pm GMT. Hosted by our kind sponsors Kantar.
We have 10 x free tickets to give away. You have to be free and in London on that date to apply. Just slam your email address below. We’ll pick winners at random on Monday.
Are we the only intelligent, communicating civilisation in the galaxy? Tweak the statistical probabilities of the ‘Drake Equation’ and find out.
A nice little interactive visualization we did for the BBC.
(It’s only viewable to people outside the UK. Unless you’re running something like <cough>Tunnel Bear</cough>)
I’d like to invite you to review the official shortlist of the inaugural Information is Beautiful Awards.
Our global contest is out to showcase excellence in data visualization and infographics. I think the list shows off some of the best work of the last year.
Over 1,000 entries from 16 countries were agonizingly whittled down to a 300 strong longlist. (It makes a great browse if you’re looking for inspiration or to trawl trends).
Big thanks to everyone who entered and supported. Such a great honour to see so much flourishing creativity in one place.
Then, with much toil and heartache, we managed to boil down each of the six categories to a shortlist – of the best, most representative, most emblematic and most excellent work.
» Data visualization – A singular visualisation of data or information.
» Infographic – Using multiple data visualisations in service to a theme or story
» Interactive visualization – Any viz where you can dynamically filter or explore the data.
» Data journalism – A combination of text and visualizations in a journalistic format.
» Motion infographic – Moving and animated visualizations along a theme or story.
» Tool or website – Online tools & apps to aid datavizzing.
Right now, our awesome judges – including legendary artist Brian Eno, MoMA curator, Paola Antonell and myself – are reviewing the work and making their selections.
Alongside our beloved sponsors Kantar, we’ll be announcing the winners at a ceremony in London on September 27th and giving away $30,000 in prize money.
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The Top Albums of 2012
A consensus cloud of 82 top 10 lists compiled by Metacritic.
» Listen to the Spotify playlist of all 24 Albums.
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