A typeface can make or break your graphic. Use Comic Sans, and no…
Nathan Yau
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A flowchart to decide what typeface to use
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World data released ‘is a dream come true’
In another step towards open data and all that jazz, the World Bank…
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Clothing color palette
Jacobo Zanella makes a color palette every day, based on the clothes he’s…
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Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline
I don’t often give in to impulse buys, but I just ordered Cartographies…
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Gay marriage timeline
The Los Angeles Times reports on the chronology of gay rights in the…
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Data Underload #18 – Sleep Schedule
According to WebMD, for 1- to 4-week-olds: “Since newborns do not yet have…
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The Ash Cloud and Airport Shutdowns
In case you’re following the craziness going on over Europe due to that…
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FlowingData is brought to you by…
A big thank you to FlowingData sponsors who help keep the lights on…
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Friday, I’m in love…
Shirt available on Threadless. I seriously need some infographic tees. Too bad the…
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Explorations of real-world traffic
We don’t often get to see how cars, trains, airplanes, etc move in physical space, because, well, we’re usually in them.
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TransparencyData makes campaign finance data easier to access
Anyone who’s looked at campaign finance data knows it can get messy really…
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Crowdsourcing Johnny Cash
Aaron Koblin (along with Chris Milk) is up to his crowdsourcing mischief again.…
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Twitter predicts the future?
A recent study [pdf] by Sitaram Asur and Bernardo A. Huberman at HP…
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Data visualization tutorial in Processing
If you absolutely refuse to touch any code, I suggest Many Eyes or…
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Data Underload #17: Famous Movie Quotes, p. 2
Carpe diem. Seize the data, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.…
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The making of wine – in motion graphics
Designer Tiago Cabaco explains the conception of wine in this short animated infographic.…
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Viegas+Wattenberg announce visualization startup
Big news. Former IBMers Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg just announced their new…
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100 Pixar characters drawn to scale
Designer Juan Pablo Bravo illustrates 100 Pixar characters to scale, from Wally B.…
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Swing vote effects explored with swingometer
With the 2010 UK elections coming up, the Guardian explores possible outcomes, given…
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Watching the Growth of Walmart
The ever so popular Walmart growth map gets an update, and yes, it still looks like a wildfire. Sam’s Club follows soon after, although not nearly as vigorously.