Nathan Yau

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How to Make Alluvial Diagrams

Tutorials / color, Excel, Illustrator, layout, R

Here’s how to do it in R from start to finish, plus editing in illustration software. Make design choices and trade-offs for more readable charts.
Collapse of Mexico City Metro explained

Infographics / crash, metro, New York Times, scrollytelling

The New York Times investigated the collapse of the Metro, which killed 26…
xkcd: Base Rate

Infographics / baseline, humor, xkcd

xkcd points out the importance of considering the baseline when making comparisons:…
Scale of a mouse plague

Infographics / Australia, mouse, plague, scale, Washington Post

There’s a mouse plague in Australia right now. The words alone don’t express…
Drought in the Western United States

Maps / climate change, drought, Nadja Popovich, New York Times

In what’s become a recurring theme almost every year, the western United States…
Tapestry for reflective data visualization

Data Art / Catherine Madden, physical, weaving

As a way to reflect on 2020, Catherine Madden wove tapestry to visualize…
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Slow – The Process 143

The Process / slow

If you’ve got it, take the time to understand and explore your data in the places others rushed through.
All the passes in soccer visualized at once

Statistical Visualization / Karim Douïeb, passing, soccer

This is a fun soccer graphic by Karim Douïeb. It shows 882,536 passes…
Billionaire tax rates

Statistics / billionaires, money, ProPublica, taxes

ProPublica anonymously obtained billionaires’ tax returns. Combining the data with Forbes’ billionaire wealth…
Seeing How Much We Ate Over the Years

Data Underload / diet, food, USDA

How long will chicken reign supreme? Who wins between lemon and lime? Is nonfat ice cream really ice cream? Does grapefruit ever make a comeback? Find out in these charts.
Money-in-politics nonprofits merge their datasets

Data Sources / government, money, OpenSecrets, politics

Center for Responsive Politics and National Institute on Money in Politics are merging…
Rockhounding in California

Infographics / Los Angeles Times, rockhounding

Any outdoor activity sounds amazing at this point. Andrea Roberson and Casey Miller…
Writing about probability in a way that people will understand

Design / uncertainty

We see probabilities mentioned in the news, in weather forecasts, during sporting events,…
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Visualization Books for a Beginner – The Process 142

The Process / beginners, books

My two cents on a discussion about what visualization books beginners should and should not read.
Myth of the Asian American model minority, explained with charts

Statistical Visualization / Asian, Connie Jin, model minority, NPR

Asian Americans are often viewed as a “model minority”, but when you look,…
Where chess pieces are most often captured

Statistical Visualization / chess

Reddit user desfirsit made heatmaps to show where on the chess board pieces…
Seeing how devices talk to each other

Infographics / augmented reality, Everyday Experiments, privacy

Your computer connects to your router, which connects to your modem. Your printer…
Colors of Bob Ross explored

Statistical Visualization / Bob Ross, color, Connor Rothschild

Connor Rothschild charted all the colors Bob Ross used in The Joy of…
Recreation of the neighborhood in the Tulsa race massacre

Infographics / New York Times, Tulsa Race Massacre

In 1921, hundreds were killed. The New York Times recreated the neighborhood, adding…
Where wind and solar needs to grow by 2050

Maps / energy, New York Times, Veronica Penney

Based on estimates from Princeton University’s Net-Zero America Project, Veronica Penney for The…

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