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Stephen Wildish’s Venn diagram illustrates that if Santa wanted to become a major league superhero — or, more frighteningly, a supervillain — he would be immensely powerful. He already has something of a Fortress of Solitude set up.
Link -via Jeremy Barker | Designer’s Website
I’m glad that someone has done this, though I wish they had used names rather than flags; I would never be able to identify three of the entities on the outer part of the orange circle as Andorra, San Marino and Monaco. Fortunately some of the names and additional explanation is available at the Strange Maps blog at Big Think.*
This diagram is a particularly instructive map, too: it neatly visualises the gaps and overlaps between all kinds of supranational institutions in Europe – differences which for the most part are too subtle for any but the most attentive observer. All will be aware of the ‘Europe’ that is a less than homogenous conglomerate of nation states, with an unwieldy Brussels bureaucracy at its centre. This European Union, which consists of 27 member states, is merely the most visible of several European unions, all committed to different versions of the same goal: European integration.
The diagram also includes one statelet whose euros are much sought after by collectors.
Previously on Neatorama: The Great British Venn Diagram.
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*Addendum: A hat tip to Feodor for noting that Strange Maps got the diagram from Wikipedia’s “Supranational European Bodies,” where the flags are clickable to the corresponding country entries. (It is also described there as a Euler diagram, not a Venn diagram).
This picture explains how Venn diagrams work better than most explanations, without any words at all. Link -via The Daily What
Considering the earlier story of Falcon Heene and the flying saucer, this Public Service Announcement by Ebru strikes home. She named it “The Truest Venn Diagram I Have Ever Made.” Link -via Buzzfeed
This is a slice of cartoonist Jim Unwin’s diagram of mythical creatures. Unwin, based out of South London, is also noted around the Internet for his “virtual collection” of chairs from The Incredibles and as the designer of the video game Little Big Planet. Full sized image at the link.
Link via Popped Culture
