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#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 13: Does pineapple belong on a pizza?
I'm pretty partial to food topics and this week Charlie chose an 'excellent' viz very much in need of a makeover, showing people's favourite pizza toppings. The data behind it is nice and simple, so this week, rather than delaying my viz building until Thursday, I'm...
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 12: Number of fields of study at California University
Here’s a viz about what’s been taught at University of California
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 11: Self-reported life satisfaction vs GDP per capita
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday challenge, Charlie chose a chart from ‘Our World in Data’ on Live Satisfaction vs GDP per capita.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 10: Violence against Women and Girls
This week we launched the Visualize Gender Equality campaign #Viz5 and we are starting with a heavy topic: violence against women and girls and the perception of women and men towards violence being justified.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 9: Sleep Hours Needed Vs. Averaged
On a Monday morning here in London, the topic of sleep seems pretty appropriate, I have to admit, because getting enough sleep between various work and life commitments (and choices) can be a struggle.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 8: Australian Homelessness Services Housing Outcomes
For week 8 I chose a dataset from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, looking at homelessness statistics and, more particularly, the outcomes of specialist homelessness services.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 7: World Wealth
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday challenge, Charlie chose a terrible chart that is in desperate need of a makeover.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 6: How much of your life the US has been at war
A few weeks ago, someone shared a viz from the Washington Post with me that showed how much of 'your' life the US has been at war, depending on someone's year of birth. I thought this was a fascinating way to look at the data, so decided to challenge the community to...
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 5: Brexit Bond
For week 5, Charlie picked an interesting dataset, stemming from a survey of Brits on how they voted in political elections as well as their opinion on James Bond actors and how open they are to a future Bond being female, gay, of ethnic minority origin or non-British.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 4: Bridges for Prosperity
This week #MakeoverMonday is collaborating with Bridges for Prosperity, supporting them to tell more effective stories with data about the amazing work they do.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 3: Is it time to treat sugar more like smoking?
For week 3, Charlie picked an article and a viz about sugar and the high level of consumption of sugar in the UK by different age groups.I created a heatmap to show the consumption patterns.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 2: Harmful pesticides in US agriculture
A few weeks ago I came across a fascinating and terrifying research paper that detailed just how much pesticide use there is in the US, particularly using chemicals that are banned in many other countries because they are deemed unsafe for humans.