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Creativity by the Numbers

Infographic: See How Barbie Stacks Up Against An Average (Real) Woman

Everybody knows that a Barbie doll is an unrealistic depiction of women. An infographic shows just how unrealistic.

Infographic: See How Barbie Stacks Up Against An Average (Real) Woman

We’re Not Saying Justin Bieber Ruined Europe’s Economy, But We’re Not Saying He Didn’t

A new ad for Guitar Player magazine takes note of some fascinating correlations between pop music and world trauma.

We’re Not Saying Justin Bieber Ruined Europe’s Economy, But We’re Not Saying He Didn’t

New 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.

New Deal Between Twitter And Starcom MediaVest Intended To “Shape The Future Of The Industry”

How Many Of Those New Amazon Shows Will Fail? This Company Promises A Scientific Answer

It 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.

How Many Of Those New Amazon Shows Will Fail? This Company Promises A Scientific Answer

How Kmart Used Social Listening (And Some Nerve) To Create A Ship-My-Pants Funny Viral Hit

Kmart and Draftfcb used some informed risk taking and data smarts to turn a promotion for integrated retailing into a rib-tickling winner.

How Kmart Used Social Listening (And Some Nerve) To Create A Ship-My-Pants Funny Viral Hit

Iceland Needed an Incest-Prevention App; Now It Has One

How 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.

Iceland Needed an Incest-Prevention App; Now It Has One

How Costa Coffee Used Data To Drive Loyalty And Sales

U.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.

Mind The (Income) Gap: See New Yorkers’ Wealth Broken Down By Subway Stop

The New Yorker illustrates economic inequality with a data-packed subway map.

Mind The (Income) Gap: See New Yorkers’ Wealth Broken Down By Subway Stop

Find Out Where You Rank On The List Of The World’s Richest People

Probably higher than you think. And if that’s the case, perhaps the news might put you in a charitable mood.

Find Out Where You Rank On The List Of The World’s Richest People

How Foursquare Could Tell You Where To Find Happiness

Using the “hedonometer,” researchers have discovered a correlation between your location and your happiness. App makers ought to take note.

How Foursquare Could Tell You Where To Find Happiness

Turning Big Data Into Smart Data: 5 Lessons For Marketers From The Obama Campaign

Joe Rospars, founding partner of Blue State Digital, talks about how marketers should not be seeking more data, but better relationships.

Turning Big Data Into Smart Data: 5 Lessons For Marketers From The Obama Campaign

Infographic: Navigate America With This Road Trip Movie Map

A cinema aficionado on Reddit created a map of the U.S. featuring the routes of characters from just about every American road-trip movie.

Infographic: Navigate America With This Road Trip Movie Map

What Are You Looking At, Astronauts? Data Visualizations Of A Million Photos Taken From Space

Rocket scientist Nathan Bergey made a series of maps out of the locations of over a million photos taken from the International Space Station.

What Are You Looking At, Astronauts? Data Visualizations Of A Million Photos Taken From Space

Inf-Ho-Graphic: A Precisely Plotted Map of Area Codes In Which Ludacris Has “Hoes”

Cross-country “Ludacris’ Hoes” road trip, anyone?

Inf-Ho-Graphic: A Precisely Plotted Map of Area Codes In Which Ludacris Has “Hoes”

A Personalized News App At Its Simplest: No Articles, Just Data

Instead of tracking headlines, Numbeez tracks numbers. Here’s why that might not be as absurd as it sounds.

A Personalized News App At Its Simplest: No Articles, Just Data

A Space-Age Device For Delivering A Universe Of Data To Baseball Fans

A NASA-inspired data machine has been installed at the MLB Fan Cave in Manhattan just in time for baseball season.

A Space-Age Device For Delivering A Universe Of Data To Baseball Fans

Impact

This urban planner created a new metric to find a city’s most frightening intersections

Are you in the global middle class?

Turning empty office buildings into housing could instantly transform post-COVID cities

News

Why are Amazon shares down 6% premarket? An easing pandemic

Crippling Tokyo heat could be the most formidable opponent for athletes at the Olympics

IRS unemployment refund update: Timeline for next round, direct deposit, mailed paper checks

Co.Design

3,600 microphones and counting: The ingenious ways the sound of the Olympics is created

The cardboard real estate boom is here

‘These are trash!’ Is Kyrie Irving’s rant about his Nike shoes the next step of athlete empowerment?

Work Life

9 tips and tools for effectively managing your hybrid meetings

Have a growing tally of resignations? It may be a good thing

The response to Simone Biles’ exit shows we still have a long way to go on mental health