Data Visualizations

Information Design: Data Visualization Prints

"The Land of The Free" - The Rise of Mass Incarceration in the United States:
A Visual Data Compendium

Rather than create a data visualization targeting a liberal audience who are already generally aware of the scourge of Mass Incarceration, "The Land of the Free" targets patriots who normally consume information within echo chambers rife with conservative talking points, alternative facts, and mistruths. Seeing the juxtaposition of each graph reveals the hypocrisy of calling our country "free" when the numbers show we are anything but. Viewers will note declining crime rates, relatively lower violent crime rates between the United States and other countries, the high percentage of incarcerated drug offenders, combined with an increase in incarceration throughout history. Viewers will also note statistics on how the U.S. incarcerates individuals for longer periods of time than citizens of other countries serve for the same crimes, and other relevant data which fly in the face of the freedoms this country claims to provide. Overall, the notion of freedom appeals to all Americans, no matter their political affiliation.

The Land of the Free print in a dark wood frame against a white wall: red and blue incarceration charts ringing a pale blue map of the United States

“The Land of the Free” framed: red and blue incarceration charts ring a map of the United States.

Full Land of the Free print: charts of US incarceration rates since 1860, prison population by offense, incarceration versus violent crime, state corrections spending, and a central ring showing the US share of the world's prisoners around a state-by-state map

Full print: incarceration rates since 1860, prison population by offense, and the US share of the world’s prisoners.

"The Large Hadron Collider: The Ultimate Subatomic Particle Crash Tester"

The Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Scientists have utilized it to uncover key mysteries of the universe by propelling proton beams through an ultra-high vacuum, guided by superconducting magnets, chilled to -271.3°C (-456.3°F) at 99.9% the speed of light into one another. Visually, the data visualization is influenced by Crash Test iconography, a playful and befitting visual reference for the world's largest subatomic particle crash tester.

The Large Hadron Collider print hung by binder clips on a concrete wall, its caution-yellow title block and technical diagrams visible

The Large Hadron Collider print, clipped to the wall: caution-yellow title block and crash-test styling.

Full Large Hadron Collider print: an LHC timeline, tube section and beam pipe diagrams, the collider's topology, its four main experiment detector sites, a geographic cross-section, a dozen fun facts and future colliders

Full print: LHC timeline, tube sections, topology, the four detector sites and a dozen fun facts.

"Sacred Geometry & The Platonic Solids"

The Sacred Geometry and the Platonic Solids print in a black frame leaning against a white wall, gold solids glowing against a deep blue field

“Sacred Geometry & The Platonic Solids” framed: gold solids against a deep blue field.

Full Sacred Geometry and the Platonic Solids print: the 7 Days of Creation sequence from void to Metatron's Cube, the five gold Platonic solids, and a radar chart of their faces, points and edges

Full print: the 7 Days of Creation sequence and a radar chart of the five solids’ faces, points and edges.

NOTE: All data visualizations are 44 inches by 44 inches in size.
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In Brief

Three large-format data visualization prints by Husani Barnwell, each 44 by 44 inches: The Land of the Free, which reframes mass incarceration for audiences outside the usual echo chambers by letting the numbers confront the name; The Large Hadron Collider, rendered in crash-test iconography; and Sacred Geometry and the Platonic Solids. Information design where the argument is the aesthetic.