A new study concludes that the age of driving in America is over.

Fresh data on monthly motor vehicle miles driven was out yesterday.

As you can see, per capita miles driven peaked just before the recession, and hasn’t recovered at all.

Here is a detailed infographic .

But wait. Compare the top chart with the chart of the Labor-Force Participation Rate (the share of workers working or looking or work), which also started sliding before the recession, and hasn’t stopped sliding at all during the recovery.

There’s a logical connection between the two. Not in the workforce? You’re less inclined to drive.

Here’s how American Apparel poses men in a unisex blue button down.

Here’s how they advertise the same shirt using a female model.

And here’s what it would look like if a male model adopted the exact same pose.

And in case you don’t get the point. Here are two American Apparel models advertising the same shirt in rather different ways.

Here’s how American Apparel sells a unisex flannel shirt to a man.

And here’s how the retailer thinks it should look on a woman.

A plain button down shirt is advertised using women posing behind glass tables.

Men, not so much.

Occasionally, women are allowed to wear pants.

The FedEx logo hides an arrow in its negative space. Even a glance subliminally inspires thoughts of efficiency and forward motion.

This logo for Sony’s computers represents the brand’s integration of analog and digital technology. The ‘VA’ is designed as an analog waveform, the ‘IO’ is binary code.

This logo, introduced in 2005, cleverly uses the comnpany’s initials to advertise its 31 ice cream flavours.

Slightly more abstract than the other examples, the Tour de France logo contains a well-integrated biker.

The arrow points from a to z, referring to all that is available on Amazon.com, and it doubles as a satisfied smile (with dimple).

The Suri tribe is nestled in one of the toughest and most remote places on Earth – the Ethiopia/Sudan border. Despite the harsh conditions, the Suri take great pride and joy in decorating their bodies. This young Suri boy is covered in yellow and red ochre from a creek bed.

A little girl, she lets herself be portrayed outside the home, in the poor area of Fort Kochi, Kerala, India), and holds in her arms her doll, the only game she has.

Regia, La Habana, Cuba

Yosemite Valley at Night – The mist on the valley floor reflects car lights driving through.

Lake Atitlan, Panajachel, Guatemala.

Bolu, Turkey.

And here is the worst…

And the weirdest…

Pre owned gum, anyone?

A man offers his services as a foot stool.

Another offers a pumpkin shaped like a bottom.

This new chart from LUMA Partners breaks down the world’s many different components, from sales and marketing to e-commerce technology to website creation and management.

Stirred by the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass an expansion on background checks last month, a group of three web designers with the Brooklyn firm Guts & Glory expressed their frustration by creating a website that has turned into a viral campaign over the past two weeks.

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Global youth unemployment is set to continue growing over the next five years, putting a generation at risk of lasting damage to their earnings potential and job prospects throughout their lives, the International Labour Organisation has warned.