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Turning powerful stats into art

Chris Jordan · TED

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About

Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2008
Speaker
Chris Jordan
Year
2008
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Business and management, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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