Nathan Yau

The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2014

Visualization / best-of

It’s always tough to pick my favorite visualization projects. Nevertheless, I gave it a go.
Collection of physical visualizations

Data Art / physical

I’m pretty sure there’s a ton of untapped potential in data represented physically.…
Using baseball bats to display data

Data Art / baseball, physical, sports

When a baseball player is hitting well, commentators will sometimes say that it…
Increasing rates of men who don’t work

Statistical Visualization / Amanda Cox, employment, Upshot

Recent data from the Census Bureau suggests the rate of non-working men has…
When data gets creepy

Data Sharing / Ben Goldacre, privacy

You make and publish bits of data about yourself, intentionally and unintentionally, and…
Revealing location history via your phone’s Wi-Fi

Data Sharing / privacy, Wi-Fi

When you have your phone’s Wi-Fi turned on, even if you’re not connected…
Heartbeat during marriage proposal

Self-surveillance / health, heart, proposal

The moments leading up to a marriage proposal can be both exciting and…
How to Download and Use Online Data with Arduino

Tutorials / Arduino, Twitter

Before you can do anything with data, you have to get it into the application. Working with an Arduino is no different. Although the process is changes, if you’re used to working with desktop software.
Physical infographics

Data Art / photography, physical

Photographer Marion Luttenberger used physical objects and people as her visual cues in…
Book genres for visualization

Visualization / Fernanda Viegas, lunch talk, Martin Wattenberg

Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viegas from Google Research ran with the book metaphor…
Data-ish physical gift things

Miscellaneous / gifts

Gift-buying season is in full swing, and it’s time to get stuff for…
Understanding segregation with a simulation

Infographics / Nicky Case, segregation, simulation, Vi Hart

In 1971, Nobel laureate economist Thomas Schelling proposed that a desire to have…
Detailed visualization of NBA shot selection

Statistical Visualization / basketball

Sports loves conditional distributions. What does Joe Billy Bob typically do against such…
Player shows tremendous growth towards Godzilla

Miscellaneous / basketball, humor

TNT described NBA player Anthony Davis’ growth and accompanied the discussion with a…
Baseline matters

Miscellaneous / axes, humor

Sweet, I guess Fox News had it right all along. I’m going to…
Make your own detailed tweet maps

Maps / Eric Fischer, mapbox, Twitter

Eric Fischer, known around these parts for his detailed dot maps, describes his…
Motion Exposure →

Data Art / long-exposure, movement

Motion Exposure, a photography project by Stephen Orlando, captures movement patterns with light.…
Map print clothing

Maps / clothes, Rachel Binx

Monochome, a new service brought to you by Rachel Binx, lets you make…
Serial views

Statistical Visualization / baseline, Serial

Like many, I’ve been listening to Serial every week, but I always just…
Pie chart pyramid

Statistical Visualization / humor, pie chart

This pyramid pie chart just might take the pie chart humor crown from…

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