This week in PopTech: Visual tributes and social solutions
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Friday, February 11, 2011 UTC
There’s always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week’s highlights follows.
- Graphic designer and 2009 PopTech presenter Nicholas Felton has released The 2010 Felton Annual Report, an infographic homage to the life of his father. Felton has published his Annual Report every year since 2005, collating countless measurements into a rich assortment of graphs and maps reflecting his life.
- Artist Chris Jordan has revealed his newest work, Proposed New Corporate Logo For Monsanto Company, 2011, a tribute to farmers in India who have committed suicide since 1997 and based on a painting by Josiah Lopez.
- Activate the Future, a beautifully shot BMW-sponsored documentary series about the future of mobility features a numbers of noteable changemakers, including 2010 speaker and Treehugger founder, Graham Hill.
- Reflecting on his own life influences, 2008 PopTech speaker Dr. Jay Parkinson observes that most health solutions aren’t medical, they’re social.
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Image: Nicholas Felton
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