This infographic displays facts about the world’s largest and most incredible cruise ship: The acclaimed Oasis of the Sea. This ship cost a mere 1.4 billion dollars to construct and took 1,700 hours of engineering and design work prior to the beginning of its construction. All the work that went into this baby was worth it; it can accommodate 5,400 passengers and 2,165 crew hands.
Just don’t ask the captain of the ship to “step on it.” The thing can only travel at a speed of 26 miles per hour, so in many ways, it’s like a big fat walrus with an engine (or three to be exact.) Wait, did I say fat walrus? I meant mammoth walrus. Get a load of this: the ship has a carousel, a 350 yard park, a pool with two diving towers, a golf course, and a basketball court. It’s basically like a little town on board.
Night times on the Oasis are filled with fun. There’s a casino, an amphitheater with a pool, and two surf simulators. Feel like taking a (non-permanent) risk? You can go the fake tattoo parlor and get any tattoo that your heart desires. Good thing the parlor only offers fake tattoos. There are far too many inebriated people who get tattoos on a whim in this world. At the strike of midnight, the song “Midnight at the Oasis” by Maria Muldaur pipes through the halls. (I’m only assuming this; I have no idea if this theory is actually true.)
Do you to like to eat and drink? If so, I think you’ll find the selection on this ship quite satisfying. There are 20 restaurants and 37 bars. Spend enough time on this ship, and you may resolve that there’s no reason to leave.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: A-
The design is above-average. It has a nice “under-the-sea” sort of feel. Many elements were juxtaposed nicely. I would have awarded an “A” instead of an “A-” but I’m a tough grader, and in order for me to hand out an “A,” I have to be blown away by the art.
Content: A
The creator wasable to jam enough facts in this graphic to fill a small paper about The Oasis and cruising in general.Details like how many different egg styles are served on the ship were a nice touch. Well-done!
As this infographic confirms, we are, for lack of a better phrase, a “throw away” culture. That is, we do ridiculous things like dispose of seven and a half times our body weight each year. As expected, the above infographic makes a compelling case for recycling. It’s filled with tidbits that make you throw your hands up and say, “recycling is best!” That’s assuming you were on the fence of course. Most people know recycling is best; they just don’t do it out of laziness.
Some things about recycling you probably did not know but likely are not surprised by:
–Glass can be recycled over and over without ever losing its purity
–70% less energy is used to manufacture recycled paper
–The energy conserved from recycling one bottle can power a light bulb for one hour
–One recycled can of aluminum contains enough energy to power a Sony TV for three hours
Yes, there can be no argument. A world where more people recycle is the kind of world that most people should want to live in. I do have some issues with the “facts” presented at the bottom of the article though. The graphic claims that certain objects would take several thousand (or in some cases, several million) years to decompose. A Styrofoam cup, for instance, supposedly would not decompose until the year 7,500,000,000 A.D. Really? I have a hard time believing this. If you threw a Styrofoam cup in the woods, you’re telling me it would really take over a billion years for it to erode? I doubt that. What would happen in reality is that maggots and ants would eventually get on it, and it would begin to break down. When you combine the effects of animals with other elements of nature, such as rain and acid rain, the abstract theory that it would take billions of years for the cup to break down becomes even more implausible.
My basic philosophy is this: I’m all for recycling, but don’t try to scare me with inane claims about how long it takes for objects to decompose in a non-controlled, natural environment.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: B
The design meshes several elements well, and the bottom of the graphic is very aesthetically pleasing due to its use of objects. Certain elements of the graphic are patchy though. The “Total Individual Lifetime Disposal” circle is not necessarily easy to understand at first glance. It bogs down a bit. That portion of the graphic could have been handled better.
Content: B+
The content is well-presented, and for the most part, in an easy-to-understand way. I would have awarded a higher grade, but as I explained earlier, I’m not buying the creator’s argument that it would take thousands and thousands of years for plastic jugs and glass bottles to decompose. The Styrofoam cup theory makes even less sense when you factor in the temperature changes of the planet. Think about how hot the planet will be in 7 billion years.
Overall, this graphic is very well-done but has some room for improvement.
This graphic was provided by the fine folks at recycle.co.uk
Ah, cloth diapers. The stuff that dreams are made of. Not only do babies appreciate them more because of the comfort that cloth provides, but parents like them because of the cash they save by reusing the same diaper. So, considering that cloth diapers are superior in every conceivable way, why don’t more people use them?
Probably because they’re lazy. The above infographic shows that Americans dispose of five garbage bags full of diapers every five seconds. But wait, there’s more disturbing stats! If disposable diapers never existed, there would be 16 million more trees on the planet. Think disposable diapers are the devil yet? No? Ok, try this on for size. Disposable diapers are filled with sodium polyacrylate, which was banned from tampons because it was shown to cause toxic shock syndrome.
Alright, but I know what you’re thinking. Disposable diapers eventually decompose, so overtime, no harm, no foul right? Well, as you noticed in the graphic above, disposable diapers take a mere 400 years (on average) to decompose. So, I suppose if you consider 400 years to be a small length of time in the grand scheme of existence, that doesn’t bother you. But for most people, 4 centuries is a fairly long time.
There are really no good arguments to continue using disposable diapers, and the reality is that if its use is never stopped, our planet will just continue to erode.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: A-
The use of pictures in this graphic is superb. They capture your attention from the onset and hold it all the way through.
Content: A-
Key facts are presented in a simple, yet thorough way. The creators of this infographic were attempting to layout a case that plastic diapers should be eradicated. Did they succeed? I think so. Bottom line: this is a top-flight infographic that every infographic artist should try to emulate.
How are hunger, poverty, obesity, food insecurity and food stamps connected? That’s the question this complex infographic attempts to answer, and its creator leveraged data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDC, and the USDA to reach her conclusions. Anne Mai Bertelsen, the creator of this graphic, is the leader of MAi Strategies and Principal at Causeshift. She created this chart to send a strong message that America needs a Hunger Data Consortium.
Why? Consider, argues Bertelsen, that our best data on U.S. hunger is over two years old. And when you acknowledge that over 49 million Americans suffer from hunger (or “food insecurity”), and over 17 million of those are children, you can understand why a consortium is needed. Despite decades of government programs and outreach from private citizens, hunger has actually increased over the past 20 years, which is why President Obama called on every American to help in his quest to eradicate childhood hunger in America by the year 2015.
But that’s unlikely to happen at the current pace. That’s because the data presently available is scattered, fragmented, and only available to professional researchers and policy makers, not the average Joe on the street. How can we collectively solve the national hunger problem if the average U.S. citizen can’t even look at the (antiquated) data?
The above infographic doesn’t answer questions, and it’s not supposed to. It simply can’t–not with data behind hunger missing and incomplete. The graphic indicates that states with heightened levels of food insecurity also tend to have high rates of obesity. It shows that 14 states have higher than the national average rate of both food insecurity and obesity. Looking for a link between the two? You won’t find it. Not until a hunger consortium is brought about so that all interested parties can have access to data. When they do, they’ll be able to perform a proper analysis, and as a nation, we’ll be closer to solving the national hunger and obesity crises.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: B
Oval shaped designs draw you in, and the artist did an adequate job of that. The graphic catches your attention and fills you with an urge to make sense of it all.
Content: B-
I regretfully have to assign a B- to the content portion of my grading for one simple reason: this graphic makes your brain hurt (and perhaps it’s supposed to.) At first glance, you can’t make heads or tails of it, and no infographic should be byzantine. The point of an infographic is to make things simpler. In the artist’s fairness, this is a complicated issue with no clear-cut answers to the questions presented by the graphic. So maybe it isn’t simple for a reason: there’s no simple solution to the obesity and hunger crises.
Infograhic provided by: Anne Mai Bertelsen and Causeshift
You might think the phrase “fascinating facts of online bingo” is an oxymoron, but the reality is that online bingo is actually extremely fascinating. Ok. Maybe not. But at least its more interesting than online games of rock, paper, and scissors (cue laugh track).
I have to admit, I had no idea what a cash cow online bingo was until I saw this infographic, and with good reason. I live in the U.S., so I don’t know anyone who actively plays online bingo. If I lived in the U.K., the story would evidently be different since the vast majority of online bingo monies come from Great Britain. That surprised me. But I certainly wasn’t surprised that most online bingo players are between the ages of 35-45. I can’t imagine in a world of Mafia Wars and Farmville that most people between the ages of say, 16 and 34, would spend much time playing online bingo. No, they would probably find playing online bingo about as interesting as reading old postcards. So, given that most people who enjoy online bingo are between the ages of 35 and 45, why did the artist of this infographic choose to depict three teenage girls embracing? Wouldn’t it have been more appropriate to draw three woman in their late 30′s? That’s question-begging, and unfortunately for the artist, it’s going to cause them to lose points in the rating scorecard segment of this post. So, without further ado, let’s dive into it.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: B
The design of this infographic is solid, but, as Randy Jackson would say during an episode of an unnamed show (which has now jumped the shark), I’m not “bouncing out of my seat.” The design is fairly by the numbers. No real gambles by artist, and in turn, no giant reward. The artist made a safe bet and received a standard return.
Content: B+
I suppose in some ways the creator of this graphic was somewhat constricted. How many different statistical angles can you really approach online bingo from, anyway? I think they did well given what they had to work with. Frequency of play, average age of the players, and what gender predominates the game all seem like the kind of information one would be interested in if he wanted a statistical analysis of online bingo. But what about some crazy facts? Like how many people across the world lose sleep as a result of online bingo. That would have spruced this infographic up and probably caused it to enter “A” territory on our grading chart.
Because the writer chose not to take those creative liberties, a grade of B+ seems quite appropriate. I personally won’t be printing this graphic and hanging it on my wall, but perhaps a true online bingo fan would have a different opinion.
Asian Longhorned Beetle Killing New York City Trees
What a novel concept, an infographic that actually gives information that is crucial and possibly life-changing…at least to some trees. While not a true infographic in the most strict and classical sense of the word, it does graphically display the area where the Asian Longhorned Beetle is having a devastating affect on the trees in New York.
The content is interesting, especially if you are a resident of New York, and provided in an easy to read format. The problem is broken down and then a solution, also easily seen, is given. How handy.
The graphics are well done, if not spectacular, mixing photography with computer graphics. A illustration of the insect is included, but an actual photo would be nice for identification.
This is a great way to get out a public service message and the care in design is evident.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: B-
Graphics are handled well, but a missed opportunity took the grade down for not showing a photo of the Asian Longhorned Beetle.
Content: A-
What more could you want? Just the facts. Here’s the problem. Here’s the solution. Fix it!
As a long-suffering fan of the Baltimore Orioles, it pains me to have to review this baseball infographic. I’m the same as any non-Yankee fan, I despise the Yankees and didn’t much care for George Steinbrenner, God rest his soul, but you have to respect them and tip your baseball cap to them They have dominated a sport like few others have in any other sport, baseball or otherwise. So while I don’t care for them, there is probably more jealousy than any real reason to loathe them as completely as I do, must give them their due.
But enough of that diatribe, what about this sports infographic?
The artist has done a wonderful job inserting baseball-related objects (Bats, caps and baseballs. Oh My.) to create the graphs. I’d say almost whimsical, but the thoughtful use of bats as pie charts goes beyond and shows the artist’s imaginative qualities. And using the digital scoreboard as a bar graph really “hits a homerun”, much like the 600th of A-rod’s career, which he hit last week. ;-)
The amount of data showing the Yankees domination is staggering. No other Major League Baseball team comes close to the Yankees in any category. The number back up the title of the infographic and leave no room for doubt about which baseball team is the king of the Big Leagues. The top portion is a little hard to read and looks a bit “messy” but you have to reward the effort here and the timeline is a great supporting text to the argument of who is the best in baseball.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: B+
I’d have given it an A, but the top portion is a little muddy. Great use of baseball objects as graph elements.
Content: A-
The infographic’s content makes the right calls and show that the New York Yankees have no peer in baseball. Makes me want to gag. ;-)
When this was submitted by a reader I wasn’t sure what to think. I had never heard of bloodtyping. Blood types? Yes.
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with something as weird and commercial as this. If you want to know more about bloodtyping, take a gander over here. The basic idea is that your blood type dictates many things about you: your personality, your likes, your strengths and weaknesses and so on. Whether you believe this is true or not (I, personally do not. It sound like astrology and horoscoping to me which I also believe is a fantasy.) is not the point. How does this serve its audience as an infographic?
The red color was an obvious and good choice, the color of blood, of course. But the designer chose the better path, rather than dominating the image with red and splatters to resemble a horror poster, they have chosen a very clinical approach that works quite well. The non-descript people with their red accessories is well placed in this infographic. The graphics all match in terms of their design and the hint of the japanese culture with the blossoms at the top and throughout the infographic really gives it a nice touch.
The blue color contrasts nicely with the red color and the use of white text really hits home the clinical feel I mentioned earlier. Each section is easily identified, the content is presented cleanly with obvious breaks and the typeface has its own personality yet isn’t distracting for the reader. A good choice of color, design elements and shapes makes this infographic worth the blood, sweat and tears.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: B
Clean, fun graphics with excellent color choices.
Content: B
Fascinating insight and interesting stats about a new fad. The Japanese are always doing something interesting and weird. ;-)
Being the proud owner of a iPhone 4 I understand the lure of mobile gaming all to well. This infographic does a solid job of presenting a wide range of information from number of companies developing mobile gaming applications to various characteristics of the mobile gamers. I was more than a little surprised to see that female mobile gamers outnumber the male mobile gamers. I guess us men need the big screen to fully pump up our testosterone to levels high enough to enjoy the gaming experience.
While the graphics are simple, using mostly muted colors and familiar geometric shapes, the vast amount of information almost dictates this type of minimalistic and ordered design. Graphics and words play well together, neither one dominating the other. The choice am modern font was a no-brainer and serves the design well. In fact, the entire infographic has the feel of being read on a mobile device. This is probably my perception and not the intent of the designer but it helps the piece feel more connected with its content.
And with this post, I begin my new rating scorecard.
Design: B-
Solid design, thoughtful use of colors, shapes and space.
Wonderfully fun and light-hearted video infographic on a subject most of us want to avoid, getting older and growing up. Narrated by a sweet little girl’s voice, this video is cheerful even as it discusses the prospect of moving through life faster than we want to and rewards that await.
Information from the Youtube.com page:
This is an Infographic for school (VFS) The script was made by Vincent Lui
The video made by:
me
Kasey Lum
Marisa Torres
and
Alexander Badr
Growing up…
music by luc
voice by mikayla faria
Growing up means getting married one day. And marriage usually brings copious amounts of jewelry into the home. As a married couple ages, money may become tight, and they may need to sell jewelry in order to make ends meet. Yes, the cycle of life. The video infographic sheds more light on the subject of aging.
