January 24, 2012
The State of the Union, in Charts, Graphs, Images and Pac-Man
The White House billed the 2012 State of the Union address as the “most interactive State of the Union ever”, and part of their efforts was an “enhanced broadcast” that included a large amount of charts, graphs and images.
In case you missed the enhanced broadcast, we’ve included screencaps of the images below.
Overall, it was really nice to see the White House using technology to help better explain the often confusing nuances of politics. They produced an enhanced broadcast last year, but this year’s version felt much more considered and visually appealing.
Of course we would have liked to see more data-inspired images, but there were several different data presentation methods, a good selection of type faces and images, and a cameo by Pac-Man. What’s not to like?
Here’s a set of images that we captured, as they were shown. Click for larger versions.
Let us know if we missed anything.
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