for the masses

for the masses

Graphics with a Cause

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Presentation by Yuri Engelhardt and Ekaterina Yudin on April 12th 2012, at the Information Design Conference 2012 in London. Topics: Otto Neurath's Isotype -- "Funny little men" syndrome -- Croupier Hans Rosling does the Gapminder Casino Game -- Physical engagement with data -- Hans Rosling is the new Otto Neurath -- Open Data in the 1930s -- Logical positivism -- Words Divide, Pictures Unite -- Visualization can save the world -- Charts for Change -- Diagrams for the Masses -- Data visualization movies from the 1930s -- Visuals for the Heart, and Visuals for the Brain -- Data visualization in contemporary documentary films -- Interactive web documentaries -- "You can prove anything with diagrams". Yuri presents the first 10 minutes and the last 2 minutes, with 5 minutes in between by Ekaterina. Thanks go to Raul Niño Zambrano for his substantial contributions, and to Conrad Taylor for camera and editing.