CreativityInfographic: See How Barbie Stacks Up Against An Average (Real) WomanEverybody knows that a Barbie doll is an unrealistic depiction of women. An infographic shows just how unrealistic.
CreativityWe’re Not Saying Justin Bieber Ruined Europe’s Economy, But We’re Not Saying He Didn’tA new ad for Guitar Player magazine takes note of some fascinating correlations between pop music and world trauma.
CreativityNew Deal Between Twitter And Starcom MediaVest Intended To “Shape The Future Of The Industry”Starcom MediaVest CEO Laura Desmond talks about the big new deal, three new initiatives that will result, and Twitter’s place in a marketing plan.
CreativityHow Many Of Those New Amazon Shows Will Fail? This Company Promises A Scientific AnswerIt may not be hard science, but New Media Metrics offers data-based predictions on which shows will succeed and which brands should go along for the ride.
CreativityHow Kmart Used Social Listening (And Some Nerve) To Create A Ship-My-Pants Funny Viral HitKmart and Draftfcb used some informed risk taking and data smarts to turn a promotion for integrated retailing into a rib-tickling winner.
CreativityIceland Needed an Incest-Prevention App; Now It Has OneHow is an Icelander supposed to know if the person he or she is sleeping with is a relative? Incredibly enough, there’s an app for that.
CreativityHow Costa Coffee Used Data To Drive Loyalty And SalesU.K. chain Costa Coffee use customer data from multiple sources to create sharply targeted communications that drive a loyalty program that actually works for buyer and brand.
CreativityMind The (Income) Gap: See New Yorkers’ Wealth Broken Down By Subway StopThe New Yorker illustrates economic inequality with a data-packed subway map.
CreativityFind Out Where You Rank On The List Of The World’s Richest PeopleProbably higher than you think. And if that’s the case, perhaps the news might put you in a charitable mood.
CreativityHow Foursquare Could Tell You Where To Find HappinessUsing the “hedonometer,” researchers have discovered a correlation between your location and your happiness. App makers ought to take note.
CreativityTurning Big Data Into Smart Data: 5 Lessons For Marketers From The Obama CampaignJoe Rospars, founding partner of Blue State Digital, talks about how marketers should not be seeking more data, but better relationships.
CreativityInfographic: Navigate America With This Road Trip Movie MapA cinema aficionado on Reddit created a map of the U.S. featuring the routes of characters from just about every American road-trip movie.
CreativityWhat Are You Looking At, Astronauts? Data Visualizations Of A Million Photos Taken From SpaceRocket scientist Nathan Bergey made a series of maps out of the locations of over a million photos taken from the International Space Station.
CreativityInf-Ho-Graphic: A Precisely Plotted Map of Area Codes In Which Ludacris Has “Hoes”Cross-country “Ludacris’ Hoes” road trip, anyone?
CreativityA Personalized News App At Its Simplest: No Articles, Just DataInstead of tracking headlines, Numbeez tracks numbers. Here’s why that might not be as absurd as it sounds.
CreativityA Space-Age Device For Delivering A Universe Of Data To Baseball FansA NASA-inspired data machine has been installed at the MLB Fan Cave in Manhattan just in time for baseball season.
ImpactPeople with disabilities have been disproportionately affected by the economic impact of COVID-19
NewsTroubling study reveals how minor workplace slights can trigger suicidal thoughts in depressed people
Co.DesignTurning trash into treasure: London Design Biennale features gorgeous pieces made from waste