Culture
120 Years of American Life, in Interactive Stars and Stripes
A new data viz turns the U.S. flag into an infographic of socioeconomic data.
The U.S. flag is packed with meaning. Originally it had 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent each American colony. Over the years, as more and more states joined the Union and the country’s landscape changed, the flag evolved into the 50 stars and 13 stripes we know today.
Designer Nadeem Haidary’s new data visualization project, “State of the Union,” pays homage to the dynamism of the American flag by turning it into an interactive infographic. He explains his motivation: