Unemployment in European Union infographic

This infographic is my own representation about unemployment in the European Union. It talks about the rates of unemployment by sex, years and countries. Furthermore, it explains the employment rates by sectors of activity: services, industry and agriculture. It is abstract in bar and line charts but it is also figurative in the part of the map of the European Union. It is very functional because every section and element that composes this representation provides information and relevant data about the theme that is treated. All the elements are important in the contextualization and explanation of unemployment in the European Union. It is also quite light, data are presented in a clear way far from overwhelm audience and there is not much information. The infographic is more multidimensional because of all the perspectives that have been chosen to speak about the topic. Unemployment and employment rates have been shown by sex, year, country and sectors. These types of graphics are pretty familiar, the publis is used to see this representations but I think that in order to make information comprehensible never hurts to use known methods so that people remember the data easier. Finally, this infographic is novel because data are not repeated and it tries to show it talking about different sur-topics in order to provide with a greater wealth the knowledge hat has to be acquired. To sum up, it is very readable and easy to understand, the colors are attractive and familiarity in charts facilitate the recognition of the data presented. It is effective  for these reasons.

Unemployment in EU infographic

Unemployment in European Union

Unemployment remained stable in August at 12% in the euro area and 10.9% in the whole of the European Union (EU) over the previous month , according to data published by Eurostat , the EU office statistics.

Hologram of the European Union

In Spain, the unemployment rate also remained unchanged in August at 26.2 %, the second largest number in the Twenty-eight after Greece (27.9 %, according to June).

Compared with August 2012 , unemployment rose by 0.5 points in the euro partners at 0.3 throughout the EU and 0.6 in Spain , according to seasonally adjusted data by Eurostat.

Last August the EU had 26.6 million unemployed of which 19.2 million were from the euro zone , according to estimates by the EU's statistical office . Compared with August 2012, the number of unemployed persons increased by 882,000 and the 28 around 895,000 in the eurozone .

Member States with lowest unemployment rates were Austria (4.9%), Germany (5.2%) and Luxembourg ( 5.8%).

During the past year , unemployment rose in sixteen Member States, fell in eleven and remained stable only in one, Poland.

The largest increases were observed in Cyprus (from 12.3% to 16.9%) and Greece (24.6% to 27.9 % between June 2012 and 2013), while the most significant decreases were those of Latvia (15.6% to 11.4 %) between the second quarters of 2012 and 2013) and Estonia ( 10.1% to 7.9 % between July 2012 and 2013).

As youth unemployment rate in August fell a tenth 28 as both the euro area and placed respectively in 23.3% and 23.7 %.

These figures mean that in August there were about 5.5 million unemployed under 25 in the EU, 3.4 million of them in the countries of the single currency.

The lower youth unemployment rates were recorded in Germany (7.7%), Austria (8.6%) and the Netherlands (11.4%), while the highest were in Greece (61.5 % in June) , Spain (56%) and Croatia (52 % in the second quarter of 2013) . In August 2012 , unemployment among the under- 25s was 23.1 % in the EU and 23.4 % in the partners of the single currency .

Boston robbery infographic

This infographic is about the major art theft in history that took place in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). It talks about the description of the robbery, the location, the choosed place, the most important pieces of art robbed, the chronological sequence of events and other sixteen important art heists over time. It is an abstract infographic because despite the art pieces and the museum picture or the watch, the rest of the elements are figurative; they represent realities far away from the draws. It is quite functional because only one element is there to decorate, the brush. 

The rest of it has an informative purpose and if they were removed some important data could be missed. It is quite lightness generally exceptuating maybe the two chronological sequence of events the first one about the Boston museum robbery and the second one about the most important heists over history; these at first sight can be somewhat difficult to understand but after a few seconds the total content of the infographic can be understood without difficulty. 

Information is in general visually clear. It is more multidimensional because of the different treated aspects about the same topic: art thefts. The infographic is pretty original, the public is not very used to see this type of representations and the way in which chronological events are presented is not very common. Furthermore, it is quite novel because it speaks about the same topic along all its surface but the information is shown from different perspectives or sur-topics. To sum up, I personally believe that any audience can understand the information presented here because it is readily understandable, original and entertaining. In conclusion, I think it is very intelligible and shallower besides of entertaining and enjoyable to watch.

Boston robbery infographic

Thieves from the Boston robbery have been found by the FBI

The FBI recently reported to have identified the perpetrators of the robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts in 1990 whose fabulous booty, estimated at over 500 million dollars, was never recovered .

A total of 13 artworks, including paintings by Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer were stolen in 1990 at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

FBI officials said they believe "have determined where they were transported stolen works of art in the years following the theft and know the identity of the thieves."

Isabella Stewart Gardner museum

"We have identified the perpetrators , who are members of a criminal organization based in the mid-Atlantic states (New York,New Jersey and Pennsylvania) and New England (northeastern U.S.) ," said a FBI detective , Richard DesLauriers, in a press conference .

However, the offense has prescribed and their authors can no longer be arrested for that crime, said the U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz. Only those who are in possession of the stolen items could be charged.

Richard DesLauriers explained that the works in question , valued at over 500 billion dollars were transferred after the robbery to Connecticut (also north) and the region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , where they were " invited for " about ten years ago.

Airplane crashes infographic

Airplane crashes infographic

This one is about airplane crashes and fatalities from 2000 to 2009.There are shown total fatalities, airplane crashes with more fatalities and airplane crashes in Spain using different types of charts. It avoids complexity and tries to seek clarification of information. It is very abstract because draws and shapes are away enough from the reality they represent. In this case the numbers of victims are the most important and that is the reason because of it was decided to use more visual graphics with data representation. It is quite functional, there are few elements to decorata like the plane silhouettes, everything else has an informational purpose and is disposed in a concrete and thought-out place.

All that is expressed in the infographic has importance as a carrier of information. Maps are also very clarifiers in order to make public know where are the cities in which the accidents took place. The table with people aboard is also very comprehensible. I think the infographic is very lightness, all information is distributed in a correct way seeking to be understood by most of people. Space between different draws, charts and shapes is enough. It is quite unidimensional because it is centered on fatalities, data is represented in diverse ways and countries but it always focuses the attention on dead people.Without any doubt, this infographic is familiar. The graphics are common, recurring and easy to understand and identify. Furthermore, it is pretty novel because although it speaks about fatalities, different perspectives are used: data is represented by country, city, percentages and in addition by absolute numbers. In brief we could say that a wide audience has access to this information because it is easy to understand even remember because of the way it is presented, distributed and explained.

Spanair plane crash at Barajas infographic

Spanair plane crash at Barajas infographic

Source: http://www.expansion.com/actualidad/especiales/accidente-spanair-barajas/galeria.htm

The next infographic is about a plane crash in Barajas airport in Madrid, Spain. It is easy to be understood because of many reasons like the text that is very clarifying, draws, data in a table and a flat indicating different parts of the terminal. Maybe the color is not very appropiated because all is shown in black and white and it is very probable that if it was used a more bright and colorful explanation it would be clearer. The infographic is very figurative, distance between representation and represented is very close. Draws are very near to reality.

 It is also quite functional, every aspect, part or element that is a part of it contains information, data, has an illustrative of what occured purpose. It is quite lightness there is not any risk of overwhelm the public. Combination between lines, shapes and text is pretty good. 

The infographic is a little bit more multidimensional because although all the surface is dedicated to talk about the same accident it offers many important different data such as the number of victims, the steps of the aircraft, passengers, flight number, aircraft seats, etc. It is also pretty familiar, resources used in this example are very common to the public. It has not be used originality, it is a recurring way to explain this type of accidents. The infographic is novel, no information is repeated is showed one time but adding some more data in each aspect treated.

In conclusion I think it could be aimed to all types of people, to be published in any media and a large audience will be capable of understanding it, it is already quite used to this kind of images and representations of facts.

Pilots in the Battle

It has come to light conversation between the captain of the aircraft, the copilot and a third person in the cockpit, still unidentified, of the Spanair plane crashed on August 20^th with 154 killing people. Minutes before the accident and while the passenger complains about the “bungling” of the mechanics, the pilot replies, “fly the plane, I shit on the sea, fly it.” 

Airline pilots

The talks have been made public by the radio station CADENA SER. In them, the commander of the ship, the first officer and a third person express were anger at the way they had fixed the fault. Before the accident, the copilot asked to the third person if they have changed the relay, fault that had caused the plane did not takeoff minutes before. When he knew that it has not been replaced, but they have taken away, he did not conceal his surprise. “How will they remove the relay!” Replied angrily.  “This is a patch what you have done here,” he added.

Despite doubts, takeoff was not aborted and pilots headed the ship toward the runway. When the co-pilot took the controls, the alarm began to sound in the cockpit because the devices for takeoff were not deployed. “How the hell the voice is removed?” He said. Then came the end: “Fly the plane, I shit on the sea, fly it.” His last word is “shit”, while listening to the copilot screaming desperately.  

Santiago train crash infographic

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Santiago train crash infographic
Source: http://www.noticias24.com/fotos/noticia/10639/en-infografia-como-sucedio-la-catastrofe-ferroviaria-en-espana/ 

This infographic is about a a train crash in the city of Santiago, Spain. It explains in a very clear way what happens, the reasons for the derailment, provides the technical details of what happened and displays all in a very visual way.  It is in a halfway between the abstract and the figurative. maps are abstract but draws and images are completely figurative. The infographic is quite functional, because each part of it and each eleement contains information, each one gives an important approach of the train crash.  It is very lightness, audiences is not going to be overwhelmed because disposition, shapes, lines and colors have been selected in order to offer information in a harmonic way. It is more multidimensional because it gives data from different perspectives or points of view, it talks about the speed, the train model, the number of passengers, etc. This infographic is familiar, audience is used to see this type of images showing information and content is also presented in a common way for this type of cases. It is also novel because data are not repeated it is shown in a way that in each aspect provides new approaches about it. It speaks about the same topic along all its surface but the information is shown in different sur-topics. 

This infographic is intelligible and shallower. It is oriented to a wide audience and it can be understood by a lot of people that does not have any idea about the accident. It does not need an extra explanation to be comprehended because of it clear disposition and illustration.

Machinist in the warpath

Francisco José Garzón, the driver of the Alvia train that derailed in Santiago, Galicia (Spain) last July, warned that the curve of the accident is “inhumane.” This emerges from the post- crash recording that ended with the lives of 79 people.

Train driver of Santiago's crash

He admitted to the judge that he was not “crazy” enough to not hinder. Minutes after of the accident the driver commented by phone the difficulty curve. “It is inhumane”. And he repeated over and over again his wish that there were not dead people. “It will be on my conscience, those poor travelers ...”

“I already told to security that was a dangerous curve. That one day we were going to throw and we were going to swallow it. I was that person”. “I had to go to 80 km/ h but I went at 190 spent or something similar.”

The engineer said in court that the automatic braking system comes into operation only at 200 km/ h and after advance notice. He acknowledged that he did not know in what he was thinking just before arrive to Angrois, and that he must braking before because it is the driver and not the machine who is charge.  

Nelson Mandela's life infographic

This infographic is very efficient. It is based on a timeline of Nelson Mandela's life but it also includes some line charts indicating some South Africa key indicators by presidential terms like: unemployment rate or inflation that clarify the information about his activity as a president of his country during his mandate. Text and years in numbers are the main subjects of the infographic. It is is located halfway between abstraction and figuration, because the part of charts is quite abstract while pictures are figurative. It is very functional, each element on it has a clear objective and nothing is there to decorate. Colors in timeline also add information to facts, they differentiate important dates from most relevant ones and from non-important years.

Nelson Mandela's life infographic
Source: http://www.trust.org/item/20131206084016-vfp3q/ 

It is lightness because information is very well disposed and organized avoiding the possibility to overwhelm audience. This infographic is quite familiar because we are used to be information represented in that way, with a timeline and text that explains which facts and data are explained. It is very comprehensible and aesthetically pleaseant, it is also very useful to acquire knowledge about Nelson Mandela's life with this type of infographics. Charts used in this image are also known and common in different infographics. Furthermore, it is novel because information is not repeated, in each section data reveal to the audience relevant aspects of Mandela's life. Colors makes there a great job in the sense of enlighting the most important events.

This inforgraphic is intelligible and shallower. A wide audience could understand it without an extra explanation. Because data are so clear and it is not necessary to be an expert in politics or in Nelson Mandela's mandate as a South Africa president to comprehend the infographic. Personally, I would add some little extra explanation in charts in order to assure a full understanding. It could be also published in any mass media.