A few weeks ago, I wrote about the value of visual storytelling for explaining complex concepts.
What could be more complex and incomprehensible than our current economic crisis? Jonathan Jarvis uses story to explain in a video, “Crisis of Credit Visualized.” Jarvis completed the project as part of his thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
The video has been highly touted on the Internet as doing a great job of explaining the crisis. It’s a bit long (11 minutes) for a video, and I experienced a few audio hiccups, but I agree that it’s informative storytelling. On YouTube, the video is broken into two parts. I’ve embedded Part 1 below, but you can see part 2 here.