Hasta La Ideas

The New York Times has a fascinating set of graphics about how different groups of people in the U.S. spend their time.

The data for the graphics came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey. The people surveyed were over the age of 15 and were asked to record what they did every minute of the day. I am a little surprised by some of the data, but mostly it is to be expected. I’m especially interested in the “household activities” category, as it is probably the most closely tied to uncluttering and cleaning activities.

Americans typically eat lunch between 12:10 and 12:20 p.m. and dinner at 6:10 to 6:40 p.m. What little socializing takes place happens between 5:50 and 8:00 p.m. (and people with advanced degrees appear to do the least amount of socializing in the evenings but the greatest amount of household activities). People without children work the least and socialize the least in comparison to people with children. And, women do more household activities than men.

To check out all the different sets of data, select the words in the chart above the graph:

And to see specific percentages, move your arrow on the top of the graph.

How do you compare to your peers? I definitely play more sports than others in my age bracket (you can only see “sports” labeled on the graph for the category Age 15-24). I think it would be extremely interesting to see how people in other countries spend their time.

(via Lifehacker)

Guest post by Esin Arsan. Check out her Core77 gallery of IDW 2009 highlights here!

This year, Istanbul Design Weekend took place between the 18th and 21st of June, with the theme “Mediterranean Design between Present and Future”. The four-day event offered two sets of activities, linked by a focus on Mediterranean design. The first group consisted of major exhibitions and cultural initiatives, while the second group allowed ambitious visitors to tour all the participating showrooms, malls and design stores in Istanbul, who were invited to participate in a competition for best installation around the fair’s theme.

Istanbul Design Week used to take place at the old Galata Bridge in Balat. However this year, the city itself—especially the European side—became the exhibition venue for the event. This was a special opportunity to visit the local design firms in their own environment. There were problems posed by spreading into the city, however, like the insane amount of time required to tour all events and the poor way-finding signage, especially for people from outside the city. It is rare to find two parallel streets in many parts of Istanbul due to its hilly terrain and old city planning. Additionally, the maps provided for each event zone were less informational and more abstract graphics. People at Lunapark told us on the first day of the event that they had already heard numerous complaints about this and were seriously considering placing additional signage on the streets to give better directions to the visitors.

Our adventurous tour in Zone 1, which covered the Taksim, Beyoglu and Galata area, brought us to the doorsteps of Ilio, whose showroom was one of the highlights of the event. In fact, it won first place in the weekend’s installation competition. The housewares brand of the Istanbul-based design firm Demirden Design, Ilio has won several Red Dot and IF awards. View photos of their tabletop and furniture designs here.

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If you were looking to get into the pop-photography art market, now might be just the time to plop down a few bucks and buy an original Annie Leibovitz photo, if just to help out the financially-troubled artist, who seems to have seen everything go from bad to much worse. It’s become common knowledge now that the famous photographer had run into a bit of high-profile money troubles over these past few months, owing lots of money for taxes, mortgages, and other miscellaneous financial creditors. Now, as Bloomberg reports, the Art Capital Group has gone after Leibovitz, saying she has failed to follow an agreement she signed in order to receive a series of loans totaling around $24 million. So on top of dealing with her growing financial concerns and currently having to sell off the rights to her work, now she has Art Capital and their lawsuit to deal with, claims her representatives say are completely untrue:

“This is part of Art Capital’s continued harassment and attention-getting efforts,” the statement said. “There has been tension and dispute since the beginning. Annie is in the same shoes as many other people involved with Art Capital. For now, her attention remains on her photography and on continuing to organize her finances.”

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