A thread of mystifying and hilarious data visualisations from the "Australians" books, published in 1987 by the Australian Government. (originally brought to my attention by @mikejbeggs.bsky.social ) #ausecon #chartcrimes #dataviz 1. Spikes - ThreadSky

jasemurphy.bsky.social • 88 days ago

A thread of mystifying and hilarious data visualisations from the "Australians" books, published in 1987 by the Australian Government. (originally brought to my attention by @mikejbeggs.bsky.social )
#ausecon #chartcrimes #dataviz
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forthrast.bsky.social•88 days ago

I remember trying these in excel in like primary school

ktkeen.bsky.social•88 days ago

I totally ‘get’ that someone would create these visual wonders on receipt of a new graphics package.But how on earth did it pass through the betting process??? Rob Sitch would totally love these.

ktkeen.bsky.social•88 days ago

Apols- vetting process

carsjam.bsky.social•78 days ago

I wagered that's what you meant.

zz9pluralzalpha.bsky.social•77 days ago

I feel like they’re hand drawn, or at least hand finished. So they were commissioned by someone in the design process.

twanniemangion.bsky.social•88 days ago

Maybe Wedges would be apt for this one

jasemurphy.bsky.social•88 days ago

2. BLUE STAIRCASE #ausecon #chartcrimes #dataviz

jasemurphy.bsky.social•88 days ago

3. Wave, frozen wave of OJ. #ausecon #chartcrimes #dataviz

jasemurphy.bsky.social•88 days ago

4. More ribbons than an artistic gymnastics locker-room #ausecon #chartcrimes #dataviz

jasemurphy.bsky.social•88 days ago

5. Made you blink. #ausecon #chartcrimes #dataviz

tiddlydump.bsky.social•88 days ago

This one... I'll see this in my nightmares.

jasemurphy.bsky.social•88 days ago

Here's the source, there's many more inside! enjoy https://socialsciences.org.au/australians-historical-statistics/

reevealison.bsky.social•88 days ago

I can't even....

katzrantz.bsky.social•88 days ago

Wow, 1987 was so geeky 💜

economeager.bsky.social•77 days ago

This is making me realize that beautiful graphs are functional graphs because they make you want to keep looking, so you can’t help but absorb more information