Rice People

(the population of Canada) 

A touring exhibition by 'Stan's Cafe theatre company' where they make statistics tangible - one grain of rice = one person. 

Of All The People In All The World is the name of the show.

more photos can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparks68/sets/72157607290874170/

The rice makes the statistics more believable and comprehensible, as people numbers are hard to actually grasp. as a designer the visual interpretation of data is fascinating and a skill to do so clearly and able to communicate with little explanation. The statistics include the population of the USA, the crowd as Martin Luther King Jnr addresses them, and a Queen performance at Live Aid.