Design Matters: Het Nieuwe Nieuws
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Reconstructing an infographic on life expectancy in Dutch cities (previously published in Vrij Nederland) using this awesome tool: Data Illustrator, a great research collaboration between Adobe Systems Inc. and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Downloads:
Load the csv-file. Draw one single circle, color it and click ‘repeat’. Assign ‘gemeente’ (= municipality). Enlarge the area to show all 408 municipalities. |
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Press ‘break grid’ and click any circle. Define the x-position (social status) by assigning ‘SES-score’ from pull down menu. |
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Define the y-position (= age) by assigning ‘leeftijd_man’. | ![]() |
Define the size (= number of men per municipality) by assigning ‘aantal_mannen’. | ![]() |
Repeat this for women: Draw single circle, color it and click ‘repeat’. Assign ‘gemeente’ and reveal all 408 circles. |
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Define the x-position (= social status) by assigning ‘SES-score’ from pull down menu. | ![]() |
Define the y-position (= age) by assigning ‘leeftijd_vrouw’. | ![]() |
Define the size (= number of women per municipality) by assigning ‘aantal_vrouwen’. | ![]() |
Move visualization on top of each other. | ![]() |
Draw a single black line. | ![]() |
Click ‘repeat’. Assign ‘gemeente’ (= municipality) and enlarge the area to show all 408 municipalities. |
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Select single line and define X-position. Assign ‘SES-score’. |
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Select top anchor point and assign ‘leeftijd_vrouw’ to the y-position.
Select bottom anchor point and assign ‘leeftijd_man’ to the y-position. |
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Change opacity of connecting lines… | ![]() |
… and align to previous chart.
The original infographic was published in 2017 in Vrij Nederland and took me several hours to complete in Illustrator. |
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