# Turning powerful stats into art

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_turning_powerful_stats_into_art)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Turning powerful stats into art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chris_jordan_turning_powerful_stats_into_art/32a89e629038), 11 min (TED's player)