A collaboration with TakePart.

About TakePart

TakePart is the digital division of Participant Media. You can see exactly what they do above. They’re amazing people doing amazing work and are really a joy to work with.

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This was a project with MoveOn.org. It ultimately was not used. But it sure was fun to make.

TED2011

In February of this year, Eli Pariser approached me about designing the slides for his upcoming TED Talk for TED2011. Slotted for nine minutes, the topic was the subject of his new book being released on May 12th.

What was supposed to be the great democratizing force of the ages, the Internet, no longer is living up to its promise. Rather, what’s being created around us by web companies and their algorithms is a hyper-personalized space of information specifically tailored to us based on what we like. We are all ending up in our very own bubbles, with challenging subjects or people who disagree with us being filtered out. And we’re not even aware of it.

As of today, the talk is now online at TED. We also have just launched the site for the book, the Filter Bubble. Big props to Eli on this exciting day. And thanks to Matt Linder and the New BLK team for another great site development.

Your very own filter bubble

Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles”

TED2011 The Rediscovery of Wonder is coming up; February 28-March 4, 2011 in Long Beach. So this week, it’s all TED all the time. At TEDMED 2010, Thomas Goetz, the executive editor of Wired, redesigns your medical chart.

A collaboration between GOOD and Deeplocal.

How Much Does the United States Subsidize Energy

$70.2 Billion Fossil Fuels
$16.8 Billion Corn Ethanol
$12.2 Billion Renewable Energy
$2.3 Billion Carbon Capture and Storage

SOURCE: The Environmental Law Institute.

A collaboration between GOOD and Deeplocal.

the gulf of mexico oil spill infographic

From the Infrastructurist. An infographic on the now ballooning into a full-fledged environmental catastrophe thing everyone is talking about.

Uniting a million voices to improve the future of bikes

peopleforbikes.org is making the world a better place to ride. Power to the pedal people. And a nice infographic for “getting there by bike.” via GOOD.

Countless reasons to ride a bike

DesignforHaiti.com: A creative call to action to design.

Design for Haiti is another design project from Aaron Perry-Zucker (Design for Obama, makeUSgreen). The mission: to collect Haiti posters that either advocate relief efforts or visualize information leading to a better understanding of the situation in Haiti. “We are especially seeking top notch info graphics that give the audience an ‘ah-hah’ moment where they learn something and perhaps see the situation differently.” Consider it a creative call to action to design. The following images are several fine examples.

Ayudemos a Haití by Neos Brand | The Living sleep among the Dead 2 by Christopher Griego

Help Haiti by Xhengis | Aid Within by deedee914