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Unified Field for Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles · 2021 · SEGD Honor Award 2022

The facts go on the table.

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Infographics across six crisis topics, illustrations for the story-driven activities, plus the mesh projection imagery.

Infographic cards. 250,000 deaths from malnutrition, disease and other factors likely between 2030 and 2050. 73% of Americans see nuclear weapons as a major threat. 59% of people strongly attached to their community follow local news closely. 7.8 inches of sea level rise since 1901. 88% of Americans say fake news has confused them about basic facts. A third of the world’s remaining glaciers will melt before 2100. 2,700 liters of water to make one cotton shirt. Only 60% approved of China’s handling of COVID-19. 22,900 refugees resettled in the U.S. in 2018. — One fixed container, every kind of number. Each graphic changes form to fit its data, in one illustration style and palette.

One fixed container, every kind of number. Each graphic changes form to fit its data, in one illustration style and palette.

Visitors explore global issues through infographics and personal stories, all designed to read at a glance.

Refugee Crisis activity. Visitors make a family’s choices at each step of the journey. The figures stay simple, with little facial detail, so the story leads.

Refugee Crisis activity. You must decide how to leave Al Bab, on foot or by paying someone to drive you to the Turkish border. — Refugee Crisis activity. Visitors make a family’s choices at each step of the journey. The figures stay simple, with little facial detail, so the story leads.

A hand touches the Forum table, where the screen reads Choose a speaker and shows a local activist, a parent and a politician. — The Forum in use. Visitors choose whose view to explore, from a local activist to a politician.

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