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Monday, 1 October 2012

9 OF THE MOST AMAZING INFOGRAPHICS OF 2012


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9 Of The Most Amazing Infographics Of 2012
By Emily Elert,
Popular Science, 28 September 2012.

The design firm Information is Beautiful has announced winners of the inaugural Information Awards Inspired by Kantar competition. Prizes went to the most brilliant, most beautiful infographics, data visualizations and interactives of the year. Check out the photo gallery [shown below] to see the winners!

1. Lunar Calendar

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A strikingly elegant guide to the year's full moons, by the same designer who brought us this amazing time-lapse.


Award: Bronze, Data Visualization

2. Metallica on Stage

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Metallica's concert history, 1982-2012. Click here to see the full infographic.

Award: Bronze, Data Journalism

3. Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond

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Vacations to space, robot surgeons, weather control...designers at Envisioning Technology, a trend forecasting studio, chart the strange new world of the near future. Check out the interactive graphic here.

Award: Silver, Infographic/Infodesign

4. Cover Mania

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Which bands and singer-songwriters have been covered the most? This infographic maps out the answer, from 1958 through 2010. Throughout the weaving timeline, the width of the coloured ribbons represent the number of covers released by selected famous artists, and the singled-out song names throughout are the most-covered songs of their year. Click here to view the whole infographic.

Award: Gold, Infographic/Infodesign

5. Notabilia

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An interactive visualization of deleted Wikipedia pages. [View the interactive visualization.]

Award: Gold, Interactive Visualization

6. War Casualties, At Home And Abroad

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CNN tracks the true cost of the U.S. war in Afghanistan with this interactive map showing the hometowns of North American soldiers, as well as the places they were killed.

Award: Gold, Data Journalism

7. The American Energy Spectrum

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This interactive graphic displays where America gets its energy, and where it all goes.

Award: Silver, Interactive Visualization

8. U.K. Government Spending

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Government spending has never been as entertaining, or so well elucidated, as in this interactive graphic by the staff of The Guardian.

Award: Silver, Data Journalism

9. Information Graphics in Context

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Should people be allowed to wear religious symbols while performing professional duties? A graphic designer in Denmark shows what people in his country think.

Award: Gold, data visualization


[Source: Popular Science. Edited. Some links added.]


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