Sorry for that awful title. I just didn’t want to write ‘infographics’.
Anyway, I came across this wonderful selection of images yesterday, that illustrate global statistics pictorially. They are by Toby Ng Kwong and they make some striking facts very digestible (and somehow more real) by working on the premise “if the world was 100 people”.
The text is very small. The one on the left says:
70 non-white | 30 white
The other one says:
7 have computers | 93 don’t
That last one makes you think doesn’t it.
The work naturally made me think of this example done with Flags (even more clever) and also of this work created with rice. All very smart ways of putting big ideas – that we struggle to get our heads around – into perspective.
Toby’s other work is great too. I particularly like that he had a more original way to celebrate Helvetica than most people.
The idea being that all these brands use Helvetica as their typeface. A cheeky use of the ™ symbol acts as a reminder that Helvetica is the daddy.
Check out Toby’s other work. Tis excellent.