In these hours, more and more names of the new German government get known. Time to present the vita of the established and probable ministers in a graphic - done so on the website of the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. The different phases in the careers of the politicians are depicted in timelines, divided by the use of colours. This abstract graphic relinquishes any decoration and has a very simple, white background. Moving the mouse over the timelines invokes a pop-up with more detailled, partially redundant information of the politicians. This "outsourcing" of data in pop-ups ensures the graphic appears not too dense, but rather clear. The multiple dimensions of information are additionally grouped in several tabs, which is a usefool tool, but uses further redundancy because of the repeating timelines.
Graphic source:http://interactive.zeit.de/bundeskabinett/#/merkel-iii/0
