This infographic shows how pop music has increasingly dominated the charts for the last 20 years

November 26, 2013

 

The Popification of the Top 40 by Gavin Potenza for Billboard. “The data called for a linear formation, and since we were working in such a limited space, we thought a snakelike formation would work best,” says Potenza. It’s a timeline of the last 20 years of Billboard Top 40 hits, showing how pop music increasingly dominates the charts.

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This poster-sized infographic guide to cocktails took over a year to make

November 26, 2013

 

Ben Gibson and Patrick Mulligan, cofounders of Pop Chart Lab in Brooklyn, New York, worked on this poster-sized guide to mixology for over a year.

Displayed here are 69 cocktails with all of their ingredients, ingredient ratios, and serving glasses. Spirits are in the middle as a piechart, the cocktails are in a ring around, and the mixers and condiments are above and below.

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Smartphone wars are over: Apple and Android won

November 18, 2013

Are the smartphone wars over?

Apple and Android seem the clear victors. Apple has won the high end market, Android has scooped the rest.

Samsung’s position remains uncertain. See chart for details.

There  remain just four  players in the battle for mobile platform –  the so called four horsemen – Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

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