United States Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands is a territory made up of 29 coral atolls, 5 main islands, and 1,220 much smaller islands. Settlers originally arrived as early as 2nd millennium BCE. After many occupations, the Marshall Islands… Continue Reading
Valentina D’Efilippo The piece that caught my eye by Valentina was her Gender Wage Gap Viz in which she depicts the data through a chart drawn in the shape of a ballerina’s tutu. She provides different ballerina charts to break… Continue Reading
United States: A country built by British-American colonists who broke from their mother country following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. One of the most powerful nation states, with a steady economic growth and impressive advances in technology. United… Continue Reading
Valentina D’Efilippo I chose to highlight the piece Trending Seeds infographic by Valentina D’Efilippo, a piece created as a part of the #MeToo movement. This piece is strong because of its profound complexity in both content and visuals,… Continue Reading
Poppy Field I chose the Poppy Field infographic to look deeper into. I thought it was very clever to show both the number of deaths with the size of the poppy and the length of the conflict using the poppy’s… Continue Reading
Short Description of each country Mauritania is a smaller former French colony located on the west side of Africa. It is mostly desert and all of its farm lands are permanent pastures. It faces the danger of desertification with overgrazing… Continue Reading
USA The USA is known for its military power as well as its global economy. There is no official language in the U.S. Alaska is the largest state in the U.S. and was once apart of Russia. Latvia… Continue Reading
Valentina D’Efilippo I found this infographic about guns/gun homicides in different countries really interesting and well done. This graphic was created as a part of her book, “The Infographic History of the World.” It depicts a handgun firing, drawn on… Continue Reading
Valentina D’Efilippo New Year, New You? Her work made me think about the movement and form of her designs. She tends to use a lot of circles and wavy forms that present information smoothly. She creates insight by directing the… Continue Reading
Andorra Andorra is in southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains, on the border between France and Spain. For 715 years (1278-1993), Andorra was ruled by two leaders, one from France and one from Spain. In 1993 the two princes stayed head… Continue Reading