Comments on: Some Perspective on the Economy http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/10/28/some-perspective-on-the-economy/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:37:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kip http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/10/28/some-perspective-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Kip Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:51:01 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/10/28/some-perspective-on-the-economy/#comment-63 Are you re-doing your main imransobh.com site? All I see is a smiling face :) Are you re-doing your main imransobh.com site? All I see is a smiling face :)

]]> By: Kip http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/10/28/some-perspective-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Kip Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:48:16 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/10/28/some-perspective-on-the-economy/#comment-59 Yeah, I love the GOOD infovis prints that come out. I picked up the "What happened during the first 100 days of office for US Presidents" one from Starbucks yesterday. To comment on both history and the economy, though, there is always the element of interpretation. There's an awesome video called "story of stuff" (http://www.storyofstuff.com/) that is an excellent presentation and good use of design and design thinking. It's also being presented at schools all over America, I believe. HOWEVER, I think it's terribly biased (like much of the media). These types of representations of history/economy claim to be based off of facts, but there are philosophical assumptions. I think it's fine if you make good presentations and leave it at that. However, when it's being brought into public schools, I don't agree with it. In it's extreme case, in Japan, they have textbooks that omit significant aspects of their history. It's been a controversy as to why certain Japanese textbooks omit facts about the colonization of countries like China and Korea. So, I think there's a area of ethical responsibility that isn't being taken serious when many designers represent and interpret history/economy. Although I can't view the GOOD document b/c of the firewall at work, I'm sure it would be different if a "conservative" and "liberal" were to do it. Perhaps a good visualization would have multiple variations. Yeah, I love the GOOD infovis prints that come out. I picked up the “What happened during the first 100 days of office for US Presidents” one from Starbucks yesterday.

To comment on both history and the economy, though, there is always the element of interpretation. There’s an awesome video called “story of stuff” (http://www.storyofstuff.com/) that is an excellent presentation and good use of design and design thinking. It’s also being presented at schools all over America, I believe. HOWEVER, I think it’s terribly biased (like much of the media). These types of representations of history/economy claim to be based off of facts, but there are philosophical assumptions. I think it’s fine if you make good presentations and leave it at that. However, when it’s being brought into public schools, I don’t agree with it.

In it’s extreme case, in Japan, they have textbooks that omit significant aspects of their history. It’s been a controversy as to why certain Japanese textbooks omit facts about the colonization of countries like China and Korea.

So, I think there’s a area of ethical responsibility that isn’t being taken serious when many designers represent and interpret history/economy.

Although I can’t view the GOOD document b/c of the firewall at work, I’m sure it would be different if a “conservative” and “liberal” were to do it. Perhaps a good visualization would have multiple variations.

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