Archive for category Society & Culture

The Five Stages of Your Life (Worm Miller & Marek Haiduk)

Posted by Simon in Society & Culture on May 13, 2010

What It Shows

This infographic is a humourous grid breakdown of different aspects of life depending on what stage of your life you’re in: Infancy, Adolescence, College, Adulthood, and Old Age. These aspects are presented as beginnings of phrases (eg. “A burden on…”), and the phrase is completed differently depending on the life stage in question.
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Ever Gotten a Date Online? (Online Schools)

Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet, Society & Culture on May 6, 2010

What It Shows

This infographic is a collection of statistics and information about the current online dating industry: who takes part, how many, and what they do.
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Celebrity Body Insurance (Free Insurance Quotes)

Posted by Simon in Money, Society & Culture on April 29, 2010

Celebrity Insurance Infographic

What It Shows

This infographic shows which celebrities have insured which parts of their body, and for how much. While the rest of us are getting auto insurance and health insurance, these celebrities are insuring everything from mustaches to tastebuds.
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Left vs Right (David McCandless & Stefanie Posavec)

Posted by Simon in Politics, Society & Culture on April 15, 2010

What It Shows

This infographic is a supremely comprehensive breakdown of left vs right (liberal vs conservative) thinking, covering politics, society, culture, family, and beliefs. For every element, views are compared and contrasted in a massive mirror image attempt.
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Canada’s Most Visited Attractions (Canada 411)

Posted by Simon in Society & Culture on April 12, 2010

Canada's Most Visited Attractions Infographic

What It Shows

This infographic lists the top areas and attractions in Canada, ordered by number of yearly visits.
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Teen Pregnancy in America: Facts & Statistics (Online Ultrasound Schools)

Posted by Simon in Health & Safety, Society & Culture on April 1, 2010

Teen Pregnancy in America Infographic

What It Shows

This infographic shows a collection of nationwide and state-level statistic on teen pregnancy and abortion rates in America. The map of America with different states highlighted by teen pregnancy rate rank gets more quantified in more detail in the graph below it.
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College in America (Online Colleges and Universities)

Posted by Simon in Society & Culture on March 29, 2010

What It Shows

Presented and discussed at FastCompany, the infographic gives a breakdown of statistics designed to encourage a person to question the value of going to college in America.
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Flower Power: February’s Booming Floral Economy (Mint)

Posted by Simon in Money, Society & Culture on March 18, 2010

What It Shows

This infographic shows flower-related holiday activity, essentially showing the size of the Valentine’s Day and Mother’s day spikes, and how flowers and flower delivery compare to other purchases.
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Picturing the Past 10 Years (Phillip Niemeyer at the New York Times)

Posted by Simon in Society & Culture on January 10, 2010

picturing the past 10 years

What It Shows

This America-focused infographic recaps the decade with a table in which the columns are years and the rows are themes, including “couples”, “noun”, “business”, and much more. It’s a summary of the major people and events of the last ten years in a simple but information filled layout.
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