The most recent years have been hit the hardest by the Retail Apocalypse — the decline and closures of retail stores — and the future doesn’t seem very bright.
Where are NIKE Shoes Made?
For this week’s Makeover Monday, we were given a spreadsheet containing data as to where NIKE factories are located globally. We were also given the original visualization, which can be viewed here:
When you look at maps of the world at night, you can see that major cities like New York City, Los Angeles, Moscow, and Tokyo seem to not “turn off for the night”. These major cities seem so brightly lit compared to smaller, rural areas.
Decades ago, we might have seen that most of Africa was completely dark at night. However, Africa, as a continent, has been rapidly developing. I wanted to investigate how much of Africa is illuminated at night, along with the rest of the world.
The data I used can be found here.
Happy Friday and long weekend! To celebrate the long weekend, I wanted to take a more light-hearted spin on data visualization today — so let’s talk avocado. (Fun fact about me: I can’t stand avocados — ironic, I know.)
Questions we’ll be exploring:
- Which metro area in the US will be able to cater to the needs of financially-conscious avocado obsessed?
- Which area has the most amount of avocados?
- Does the economic theory of supply and demand apply to the avocado market?
About the Dataset:
- Shoutout to Justin Kiggins for putting this dataset together!
- The data comprises of 54 regions: metro areas, and grouped…
For this week’s Makeover Monday, we are presented with a data visualization from Quartz on the topic of “Which Body Parts are We Attaching Computers to?”. (Data Source: Figure Eight)
What is good about this viz?
- Easy to read
- Straight to the point on where most of the wearables are worn.
What can be improved?
- More information can be provided.
- It is unclear on what basis these numbers come from — Is it the amount of wearable models that one company has made or multiple?
With these ideas in mind, I came up with this viz:
Tiffany Duong
My name is Tiffany and I am a data analyst based in Boston. I am so very passionate about global affairs and blueberry ice coffee. (Tiffany-Duong.com)
