Author: Lindsey Poulter

As two frequent ice cream consumers in different countries, with different preferences, we were curious to know more about our favorite ice cream brand, Ben & Jerry’s. We wanted to know how our options in the U.S. and U.K. differed and what we were missing out on by only buying our favorite flavors. To answer these questions we collected the necessary data, including consuming 35 pints of ice cream ourselves. This light hearted visualization will have you screaming for ice cream! Recognition: The Pudding Cup

Vox and Polygraph created the story and design. They engaged Hesham Eissa and me as collaborators to consult on the story as well as develop it from start to finish. From the piece: “[we] traced a route through Kharkiv, parts of which were heavily bombarded. It was an effort to document the before and after, not just of the physical space, but of how war has — and hasn’t — transformed these places and the people tied to them”

Running shoes are available in almost every color and shade, from light blue to neon yellow to dark red (and everything in between). However, this doesn’t necessarily mean every color is available to both women and men. But how different are they? To find out, we analyzed the running shoes available on RunRepeat in the US.