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= Overview = | = Overview = | ||
* Learn to take complex data and condense information into powerful graphics that spur action resulting in positive economic and social change. | * Learn to take complex data and condense information into powerful graphics that communicate, '''spur action''' resulting in positive economic and social change. | ||
* | * Take data from data.gov and create a 3D Printed model inspired by http://make.opendata.ch/wiki/doku.php?id=project:transport:tangiblestatistics | ||
We'll review examples from the famous Tufte Book Visualizing Information. We'll also work with SudoRoom resident mathematicians to show how powerfully data can be visualized and change the course of events. We'll also learn from lessons made by famous comic book artists such as R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, matt Groenig and Lynda Barry. | We'll review examples from the famous Tufte Book Visualizing Information. We'll also work with SudoRoom resident mathematicians to show how powerfully data can be visualized and change the course of events. We'll also learn from lessons made by famous comic book artists such as R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, matt Groenig and Lynda Barry. | ||
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We are all smart, opinionated people working towards positive social change. We'd love to draw as many interesting people with smart opinions as possible. | We are all smart, opinionated people working towards positive social change. We'd love to draw as many interesting people with smart opinions as possible. | ||
* [[User:Maximilianklein]] Sex ratios in Wikidata, wikipedia & the VIAF -http://hangingtogether.org/?p=2877 | * [[User:Maximilianklein]] Sex ratios in Wikidata, wikipedia & the VIAF -http://hangingtogether.org/?p=2877 | ||
* [[Community Democracy Project]] | * [[3DPrinting]] Documentation | ||
* [[Community Democracy Project]] possibly Troy? | |||
== Around the net == | == Around the net == | ||
* Ryan K Fishman Portfolio http://www.behance.net/gallery/Homeless-Youth-Infographic/1154207 | * Ryan K Fishman Portfolio http://www.behance.net/gallery/Homeless-Youth-Infographic/1154207 | ||
[[File:Incarceration_of_Homeless_Youth.png|500px|Incarceration of homeless youth graphic]] | |||