The occupation of Wall Street takes on a new currency

I have a longstanding penchant for taking data visualisation into the real world, whether taking pictures on my holidays of 3D pie charts in the wild, or being enchanted by handmade visualisations with bar charts in the flower beds. So I was delighted to see that there's a data visualisation side to the #Occupy protests. Occupy George is a project to use the ubiquitous dollar bill as a way of circulating infographics about the distribution of wealth within the United States. Templates are provided to enable participants to print the infographics (onto their own money!) and enter them into circulation, though I'd hazard a guess that they might not last long, either being withdrawn as defaced currency, or kept as a souvenir by somebody who ends up with one in their pocket.

The graphics are simple, clear and get their message across perfectly. Top marks also for accompanying each of the infographics with a link to the original source of the data, whether that's a conclusions from a think tank report, analysis of public data, or even a 'fact check' piece on a Michael Moore speech. It strikes me as an elegant way to protest about a matter dear to all our hearts - money.