The Information is Beautiful Awards Shortlist

About 10 days ago the shortlist for the first Information is Beautiful Awards were announced in six categories -- infographic infodesign, data visualisation, interactive visualisation, data journalism, motion infographic, and tool or website. The awards are announced September 27.  The entries, each of them, are beautiful and to their purpose. (Shown is one I picked more or less randomly, the video Visual Apollo from the data visualisation category). Via MetaFilter.