#MakeoverMonday got shortlisted for the Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards

What an honour! #MakeoverMonday has been shortlisted for “Best DataViz Project” in the Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards.

If you’ve enjoyed the project, please go vote for us.

Click this link and press the grey vote button (note that you can only click the button once per category, so choose wisely! subliminal messaging: choose MakeoverMonday! )

It’s really been an astonishing year and this project has blown me away.

It’s not about us. It’s about community.

Andy and I predicted it would be a small thing and nobody would care. But then 372 people got involved over 38 weeks. WTF? 54 makeovers a week? Amazing.

Some highlights

Go and look at the Pinterest board: look at the depth and variety of ways to visualize data. When people blog about the impact the project has had, you get the sense it’s really changing the way people work. (Neil Richards and Michael Mixon are two great examples)

Voted. This project has been far more impactful to me than I would have guessed when I started. A great #dataviz initiative. https://t.co/2y1f61rX7D

— Michael Mixon (@mix_pix) September 27, 2016

Kids are getting involved. Children: enthused by data.

Hi Andy Liked the #makeovermonday didn’t take me long to think of an idea! Joe https://t.co/QVoaE7m87a pic.twitter.com/HxboAuZtWo

— Rob Radburn (@robradburn) August 15, 2016

I’ve learnt a lot about how to criticize constructively. We’ve had some great thoughts on whether things should be complicated or simple.

Who knew that China was the world’s biggest grower of peaches?

Since my daughter liked Dahl's book when younger, had a little fun. #MakeoverMonday @VizWizBI @acotgreave https://t.co/qqNpDIIyyX pic.twitter.com/D4tUmzvhME

— Jeff (@jeff_stgermaine) September 26, 2016

Or that a TEU is a measure used by the shipping industry?

https://twitter.com/matt_francis/status/775116730305765376

Each of the 38 datasets has taught us something. Whether it’s serious or not, participants are learning about the world each week.