Design for America - Winners Announced!

Think government design is hopeless? Think again. Introducing the winners of Design for America -- a 10 week contest sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation.

We charged creative citizens from across the country to put on their redesign caps and imagine a new way of presenting government information.The results are incredible.

We received 72 entries of visualizations, websites, infographics, and more that demonstrated that data doesn't have to be boring. In fact, data can be beautiful, compelling, funny, and brilliantly intuitive. These traits are particularly highlighted by our 10 winners. You can see their work for yourself and learn more about Design for America by clicking here: http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/design-america-winners/

Congratulations to our winners!

Best Redesign of a Government Website:
A Good Company - IRS.gov Redesign

Best Illustration of How a Bill Becomes a Law:
Mike Wirth & Dr. Suzanne Cooper Guasco - How Our Laws Are Made

Best Illustration of the Legislative Process:
Mark S. Luckie - US Senate Floor Procedures

Best Visualization of Community Health Data:
Forum One - County Sin Rankings

Best Use of Sunlight Data:
Nick Jonas - Cool Kids at the White House
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Matt McKenna - WhoPaidThem

Best Use of USASpending.gov Data:
Clay Broga - Is Washington Bankrupting America?
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Pitch Interactive - Government Spending v. Media Coverage

Best Use of Recovery.gov Data:
Iowa State U., Dept. of Statistics - Making a Full Recovery

Best Redesign of a Government Form:
Davvi - US Passport Application

http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/design-america-winners/


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[NikolajPK]

thumbs up if you came here through black ops mythbusters XD

this song is crazy =)

[hedlhedl]

this is so cool!

[0adireita]

WOW THE SONG OMG!

[notanothernoob]

How did I get here? .. I like turtles