Completed another infographic, this one about the final statements given by 281 death row inmates in Texas.
The Last Words: Texas Death Row Inmates’ Final Statements - News - GOOD
What’s the leading cause of mass gun violence?
A man wore a heart rate monitor when proposing to his girlfriend - here’s the ups and downs of his heart beat during the experience. Watch it all here: https://youtu.be/JcY2_Gzx_TQ
Peter Saville on Joy Division and Data Visualization
This is the first video in a series about the new language of data and its impact on culture. The videos have been created for the VISUALIZED conference, Nov 8 & 9, 2012, in New York City. Over 30 years ago, designer Peter Saville crafted the album cover for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures.
Thanks, Doris
Tonight, Texas will execute its 282nd person since 2000. We visualized the last words of the first 281. Powerful stuff here.
In our latest infographic, we take a look at the hefty sums totaled by outside contractors hired by the federal government. Click through to also find a great dissection of the sourced study by our business editor, Tim Fernholz.
We just released all of our most recent magazine’s content up on our site. GOOD 024: The Data Issue is our look at the world of data, and the ways in which it influences—both negatively and positively—our lives.
Click through to see all of the amazing stories. And, if you haven’t yet, be sure to pick up a copy, since it really is so nice to hold in your hands and flip through.
Blow Globe: How the “American drug” is becoming popular in Europe and beyond.
In our latest infographic, we take a look at the numbers behind the healthcare costs associated with being a woman:
The Institute of Medicine has named eight preventive services that women should get for free under the new health care law. Exactly how much money are we talking about? GOOD took stock of the money spent by a “typical” American woman whose sexual health and life choices correlated with the national averages. Turns out being a woman is pretty pricey.
America’s economy has grown 60 percent in the past two decades. Workers’ salaries have not kept pace. We could all use a nice long summer vacation—too bad the U.S. doesn’t guarantee it.
A collaboration between GOOD and Column Five Media.
Ninety percent. That’s the amount of ocean life depletion since 1950 and a figure too dry to make most people pay attention. Presented visually, however, the statistic takes on new strength, and as a pie chart splattered in spray paint across an urban wall, the fact-as-street-art becomes unavoidable for any passerby.
With the help of a new pie chart stencil by interactive media artist Golan Levin, creating politically charged graffiti just got a bit easier. The fully customizable “Infoviz Graffiti” toolkit allows users to quickly swap out the numbers and letters and adjust the slice of the pie.
Customizable Stencil Lets Anyone Make Street Art Infographics - Design - GOOD
According to the United Nations, unsanitary water kills more people worldwide than war. As the precious water supply dwindles, it may prove to be more than just a crisis for developing countries.
A collaboration between GOOD and Column Five Media
Infographic: Lack of Clean Water Access Worldwide - Health - GOOD
Approximately one billion people live in chronic hunger and more than one billion live in extreme poverty. Most are small farmers in the developing world. Helping these farming families to be more productive is one proven solution to reducing poverty and hunger. Simple solutions like the ones shown here are helping make a difference in the lives of smallholder farmers and their families.
Transparency: Simple Innovations Help African Farmers Thrive - Health - GOOD
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