Proposing an Alternative Way of Visualizing Population Pyramids by Jorge Camoes / Infosthetics
This is a visual display of a population in Monaco separated by men and women between years 1994 and 2050. The red indicates the population in 1994, orange indicates the population in 2020 and yellow indicates the population ins 2050. Each lines represents a year and when combined with the other lines, it grabs the attention of the viewers (pop-out effect) because it is not just another boring population pyramid. The colors should be the first thing the viewers see and then the viewers will take note of the shape. Afterwards, they will look at the axises to determine what this graph means. The hierarchy of this visual display is color to shape, movement and then to spatial layout. By looking at this display, viewers can figure out that a majority of the men in Monaco are between 30 and 50 while women are 35 and 50 by looking at the curves. It also shows that as time pasts, the larger proportions are the women and men in their 80s and less in their 30s and 50s. One can also tell that there are more women in Monaco based on the the length of the curves. The display is also simple so the viewer doesn't have to look through a clutter of information.
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