Nathan Yau

Shifting Clinton and Trump support for different demographic groups

Infographics / election, Washington Post

Using data from their Washington Post-ABC News polling, the Washington Post compares shifting…
Food pictures taken with thermal camera

Data Art / food, photography

Thermal cameras, which use infrared to detect heat, provide images of temperature. Firefighters…
Mapping the Spread of Obesity

Data Underload / health, obesity

A look at the rise for each state over three decades, for men and women.
Showing missing data in line charts

Design / d3js, missing data

Missing data is everywhere. Or, I guess technically it’s nowhere. You know what…
Skittle disconnect

Mistaken Data / human, Skittles

This is what happens when there is a disconnect between data and what…
Make your own tiled cartograms

Apps / Pitch Interactive, tiles

A challenge of using geographic maps to show data is that larger regions…
Finding the wet princes of Bel Air

Statistics / drought, environment, satellite

In case you didn’t know, there’s a drought here in California so there…
Statistics lesson on polling

Statistics / elections, uncertainty, Upshot

Nate Cohn for the Upshot provides a statistics lesson in the context of…
Income Increased

Data Underload / income, uncertainty

But not every group’s median income increased by the same amount.
Decision-making with big numbers we can’t really see

Design / big numbers, psychology

In a 2005 paper “If I look at the mass I will never…
Computed screen time for men and women

Statistical Visualization / gender equality, movies

In a collaborative effort, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media computed…
Diversity percentages for US schools

Data Sources / diversity, education

Based on 2014 estimates from the U.S. Department of Education, the Chronicle of…
Mississippi drainage

Maps / environment, Mississippi, NASA

Horace Mitchell for NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio mapped the massive drainage basin that…
Explore the stars with this interactive Star Mapper

Maps / Jan Willem Tulp, space

Jan Willem Tulp, in collaboration with the European Space Agency, produced the ESA…
Shorten the Visualization Path Back to Reality

Guides / insight, real life

Visualization is complex, but if I were to break it down simply, I’d…
Police surveillance in a digital world

Data Sources / crime, surveillance

Glenn Smith and Andrew Knapp for the Post and Courier investigate the current…
Oceans absorbing heat

Maps / environment, New York Times, temperature, Tim Wallace

It keeps getting hotter on this planet, and the oceans are absorbing most…
xkcd: Earth temperature timeline

Infographics / environment, temperature, xkcd

In classic xkcd-fashion, Randall Munroe timelines the Earth’s temperature, dating back to 20,000…
Innovation by Design Awards

Site News / award, Fast Company

Co.Design picked the winners for their annual Innovation by Design Awards. My series…
Watch bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotic

Visualization / bacteria, biology, evolution, physical

Scientists at Harvard University setup the MEGA-plate, essentially a giant petri dish, with…

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