Total % of internet users

Cross-stitching is good for everything also for presenting data. One of the most sophisticated ways of working with data ;)

In 1994 five people out of 1000 had access to the internet, in 2012 36 out of 100.

We are in the point when one third of world's population uses internet, it is symbolised by the person in the pink t-shirt (one out of three).

Bill Gates, poverty and snack

Bill Gates wrote to me to inform how the world has changed since '89. To be honest he just tweeted :) so no reason to keep this confidential: Gates annual letter.

The most interesting to me was the chart showing change in percentage of people living on less than $1.25 per day, so I decided to create my version, check both.

Rubbish map of Europe

To visualize rubbish generation you will need:
- rubbish (old newspapers)
- data (What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management by the World Bank)
- glue

Obesity around the world

To visualize obesity you will need:
- a carrot cake
- some raisins
- a pen to write text on the cake
- obesity data from WHO

Population of Russia from 1500 to 2000

I decided to visualize some data using crochet. To create the "data visualization scarf" I used:
- yarn (colours are taken from the Russian flag)
- crochet-hook
- data