Nathan Yau

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Making Data “Come Alive”, Needs More Cowbell

The Process / cowbell, whizbang

“How do I make my data come alive? I want it to sing. I want it to dance.” Here are some ways to achieve that.
From text to paint

Data Art / paint, text

Leslie Roberts uses paint to encode text as colors and geometry:
My paintings…
Billions at the Franchise Box Office

Data Underload / box office, franchise, movies

There’s big money in wizarding worlds, galaxies far away, and various time-shifted universes. Let’s take a stroll through the billions of dollars earned by franchises over the years.
How fast emissions would reduce if other plans were adopted

Statistical Visualization / climate change, global warming, New York Times

The United States is doing pretty poorly in reducing emissions. For The New…
French fry power rankings

Infographics / fast food, french fries, Los Angeles Times

Lucas Kwan Peterson for the Los Angeles Times ranked fast food french fries.…
Opportunity rover’s path on Mars

Maps / Jonathan Corum, Mars, NASA, New York Times, opportunity

After a most unforgiving dust storm on Mars, NASA ended the 14-year mission…
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Visualization Critique: Giving, Interpreting, and Rejecting

The Process / critique

Figure out the useful bits and get rid of everything else.
Language used for the wall

Statistical Visualization / Kevin Quealy, Upshot, wall

For The Upshot, Kevin Quealy continues on his path looking at the words…
Data-driven porn

Statistics / porn

Gustavo Turner for Logic on his experiences covering the porn industry and the…
EGOT Winner Timelines

Data Underload / award, EGOT, film

Only 15 people have done it, since you know, it’s not really easy to do. Here’s how and when they did it.
Generate a noise field from an image

Data Art / gradient, noise

Kjetil Golid made an interactive that lets you generate a noise field using…
Scale of Star Wars characters and ships

Infographics / scale, Star Wars

It’s the scale of significant Star Wars characters, objects, and ships from Episode…
Brewery Road Trip, Optimized With Genetic Algorithm

Data Underload / algorithm, breweries, optimization, road trip

Visit the best American breweries of 2018, based on RateBeer rankings, while minimizing travel time and distance.
Evolution of the periodic table of elements

Infographics / elements, Periodic Table, science

As more elements were discovered, the table grew and changed layout. For Science…
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Stolen Charts, Reusing Visualization Methods, and the Difference

The Process / learning, plagiarism

In visualization, there are tools, templates, and defaults, which are meant to be copied and reused. Then there are data graphics that are designed with a specific purpose and dataset, which are something more than a certain chart type.
Distorting geography to show train travels

Network Visualization / Jan Willem Tulp, train, travel

Jan Willem Tulp visualized train travel times using distance and color as an…
Map of Best Breweries in America, 2018

Data Underload / breweries, RateBeer

RateBeer puts out a list every year for top 100 breweries in the world. Here are the states that cracked the list.
Recursive painting in real life

Network Visualization / painting, recursion

It started with a mom holding her painting of a bird. Then someone…
Average view of Earth from space

Maps / average, Earth, satellite imagery

Using a year’s worth of daily images from NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer…
How Many Kids We Have and When We Have Them

Data Underload / parenthood, pregnancy

Many parents stop at two kids. Most are done by three. Still, everyone has their own timelines. Here are 1,000 of them.

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