For this year’s Minnesota State Fair, we’ve teamed up with Fresh Energy and Connexus Energy to create a three-dimensional display to draw attention to a new way of thinking about renewable energy: Pollinator-friendly solar. Our display, part of “The Common Table: Minnesota Eats” exhibit in the Agriculture Horticulture Building, highlights how our region is leading […]
We’re often asked, “What type of graph should I use for this data?” We also see a lot of variety in how similar data sets are visualized (some working better than others). There’s plenty of debate out there, so how do you decide? We’ve created this visual guide to recommend best practices, which starts with […]
A local cafe has compiled a somewhat-visual depiction of their activities over the year. The focus is on communicating data as it relates to the sustainability initiatives of the cafe.
For the first time, the prestigious INDEX Design Award has a winner from the field of communication design. ‘PIG 05049’ is a primarily-visual book, designed and conceived by Christien Meindertsma, that traces all the products made from one pig. Meindertsma’s intent for the project: Help people in a highly mechanized and “packaged” world understand how […]
Effective since January 1st, California has launched a clean air label required on every new car produced and sold in California. The label rates ‘Smog’ and ‘Global Warming’ on a scale of 1-10 (5 being the average car, 10 being the cleanest). Though there has been a smog index label since 1998, this marks the […]
“Pig 05049” is a background story in reverse: This book starts from the initial ingredient (a pig) to tell the (future) story of everything that the pig becomes after slaughter. Book by Christien Meindertsma. Images from julie joliat.
This t-shirt tells its own back story: the t-shirt tags are cut from the inside and stitched into the screenprint graphic of an imagined life of the product. The shirt was put into production in 2006 by Droog Design. This is a more illustrative, conceptual version of a background story – less data based. The […]
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, this card is worth an entire year doctor-free. The graphic on this greeting card describes the life-cycle of an apple seed/tree/fruit. The scale of each element is irrelevant because segment of illustration concentrates on the most important component of that part of the cycle; giving the […]
Companies are increasingly able to track the life of their products through their supply chains and trace the origins of even the smallest notion. Patagonia’s Footprint Chronicles outlines the potential for a company to unveil its transparency in the name of promoting sustainability (and hence, appearing as a sustainable company). From an information standpoint, Patagonia […]