DOT OR HOLE
DOT OR HOLE is a book made out of statistics
I collected data from the USA Government and Wikipedia about different issues that affect the world today and reflected them individually along the book. I used the map of the world to place one dot in each country, the size of each dot changes depending on the rate of that country, so by removing the map a high contrast of dots is created in each page, like abstract paintings.
By making a book of 22 different pages I created a unique visual experience that makes the viewer have an easy approach to the differences between countries in the world during 2012.
Will globalization make all the dots become more equal with time?
I erased the world map and substituted each country in the world by a dot. One dot, one country.
COUNTRIES BY MCDONALD´S FRANCHISES
Max: USA 18,590
Min: Cuba, Brunei, Irak 1 (97 countries exempt)
COUNTRIES BY GPD (NOMINAL) PER CAPITA
Max: Luxemburg $ 126,326
Min: Democratic Republic of Congo $ 221
COUNTRIES BY INTERNET USERS
Max: Iceland 97,6%
Min: Bangladesh 0,4%
COUNTRIES BY LITERACY RATE
Max: Cuba, Estonia, Latvia 99,8%
Min: Burkina Faso 23,6%
COUNTRIES BY MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS
Max: Macau 1,723.7 / 1,000
Min: Western Sahara 0 / 1,000
CHRISTIANITY BY COUNTRY
Max: El Salvador 99,4%
Min: Multiple
ISLAM BY COUNTRY
Max: Argelia, Maldives 99,8%
Min: Multiple
JUDAISM BY COUNTRY
Max: Israel 73,5%
Min: Portugal, Slovenia 0.01%
COUNTRIES BY UNEMPLOYMENT
Max: Monaco 0,0%
Min: Zimbabwe 95%
COUNTRIES BY INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE RATE
Max: El Salvador 71 / 100,000
Min: Monaco 0 / 100,000
COUNTRIES BY HIV/ AIDS, ADULT PREVALENCE RATE
Max: Swaziland 26,1%
Min: Multiple
COUNTRIES BY OIL RESERVES
Max: Venezuela 301,501,000,000 bbl
Min: Ethiopia 428,000 bbl
COUNTRIES BY LAND DESTINATED TO NATIONAL PARKS
Max: Venezuela 21,76%
Min: Multiple
IRRELIGION BY COUNTRY
Max: Sweden 88%
Min: Multiple
COUNTRIES BY BIRTH RATE
Max: Niger 50,06 /1,000
Min: Monaco 6,85 / 1,000
COUNTRIES BY SUICIDE RATE
Max: Russia 34,3 / 100,000
Min: Siria 0,1 / 100,000
COUNTRIES BY THINK TANKS
Max: USA 1777
Min: Multiple
COUNTRIES BY CO2 EMISSIONS
Max: China 23,3%
Min: Niue 0,01%
BUDDHISM BY COUNTRY
Max: Bhutan 94%
Min: Multiple
COUNTRIES BY NET MIGRATION RATE
Max: Qatar 40,62%
Min: Jordan -33,44%
COUNTRIES BY BMI < OR = 30.0 (OBESITY)
Max: American Samoa 74%
Min: Vietnam 0,4%
COUNTRIES BY PUBLIC DEBT
Max: Zimbabwe 230,80%
Min: Oman 3,80%
