Nathan Yau

Spy balloons and UFOs

Infographics / balloon, Eleanor Lutz, illustration, New York Times, UFO

For The New York Times, Eleanor Lutz illustrated things in the sky, because…
Cyanotype to represent grief

Data Art / coronavirus, Reuters

Marking the third anniversary of the first Covid deaths in the United States,…
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Real Bits

The Process / abstract, illustration, reality

Tie in the real bits among the abstract shapes, colors, and geometries of charts to make the latter easier to understand.
Data warehouse at the supermarket

Data Sharing / Albertsons, grocery, Kroger, privacy, The Markup

Grocery stores with loyalty programs collect data on what and when you buy…
Guide for working with machine learning datasets

Data Sources / ethics, guide, machine learning, Sarah Ciston

As part of the Knowing Machines research project, A Critical Field Guide for…
Why modern popular songs have so many more writing credits

Statistics / Chris Dalla Riva, music, producers, Tedium

For Tedium, Chris Dalla Riva examined why the number of credited songwriters per…
Tour of romantic comedies through the decades

Infographics / movies, Reuters, romantic comedy

In celebration of the most romantic day of the year that is sometimes…
Growth of Target, an Animated Map

Data Underload / animation, target

Watch the growth strategy behind Target stores, starting with the first location in 1962 in Minnesota.
Sources and attribution for AI-generated images

Statistics / AI, attribution, ethics, Stable Diffusion

AI-based image generation take bits and pieces from existing people-made images and tries…
LeBron James’ longevity

Statistical Visualization / basketball, LeBron James, Washington Post

Okay, one more LeBron James thing, mostly because I like seeing different looks…
Search and rescue after an earthquake, illustrated

Infographics / earthquake, illustration, Reuters

After a big earthquake, such as the 7.8 that hit Turkey and Syria,…
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Preserving Visualization Work that Will Probably Break or Disappear

The Process / archive, history

Not everything has to be permanent, but it would be nice if the best visualization projects were still available many years from now.
Inferring the scale of China’s Covid spike through obituaries

Infographics / China, coronavirus, deaths, illustration, New York Times

China reported 80,000 Covid deaths since lifting restrictions in early December 2022. But…
Cumulative points scored by LeBron James and other top scorers

Statistical Visualization / basketball, LeBron James, New York Times

Never fear, Sopan Deb, K.K. Rebecca Lai, and Eve Washington, for The New…
All of LeBron James’ career points, animated by season

Maps / basketball, Kirk Goldsberry, LeBron James, Vanna Bushong

All The King’s Buckets. pic.twitter.com/lzIultYSee
— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 8, 2023

LeBron…
Pele greatness illustrated

Infographics / football, Pele, South China Morning Post

For South China Morning Post, Victor Sanjinez and Dennis Wong used a visual…
Where Else You Can Work

Data Underload / industry, work

If you’re searching for a new job, it’s worth looking in different industries instead of doing more of the same elsewhere.
Scale of the Chinese balloon

Infographics / balloon, NBC News, scale

I wasn’t paying much attention to the Chinese balloon that the U.S. shot…
Objects in space headed towards Earth

Infographics / asteroids, NASA, Reuters, scale, space

NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies tracks large objects, such as asteroids,…
Wonders of Google Street View

Maps / Google Streetview, Neal Agarwal, wonder

You know those funny or weird screenshots from Google Street View that enter…

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