Nathan Yau

Who Makes More Money

Data Underload / money

Someone mentioned that $400,000+ per year was commonplace in American households. That seemed like an odd comment.
Exploration of 12 timelines along Sunset Boulevard

Data Art / Ed Ruscha, Getty, photos, Stamen, Sunset Boulevard

In 1966, artist Ed Ruscha published Every Building on the Sunset Strip, which…
Making a convincing deepfake

Statistics / deepfake, MIT Technology Review, Richard Nixon

For MIT Technology Review, Karen Hao looks into the process of artists Francesca…
Reconstructing protests in Minneapolis using hundreds of livestreams

Infographics / George Floyd, Minneapolis, protest, Pudding, video, Washington Post

From a distance, it’s difficult to build an understanding of the scale and…
NBA playoff win probabilities, animated over time

Statistical Visualization / Adam Pearce, basketball, FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight publishes win probabilities for NBA games throughout the season. During the playoffs,…
Covid-19, the third leading cause of death

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, mortality, Scientific American

For Scientific American, Youyou Zhou made a line chart that shows cause of…
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The Process 110 – Contrast

The Process / contrast, fly

For two minutes, a black speck on a white background was all anyone could talk about.
Colour Controversy is a game of perception and labeling

Design / color, game, perception

Colour Controversy is a simple game that shows you a shade and asks…
Breaking down the $4 trillion bailout

Statistical Visualization / bailout, coronavirus, Washington Post

Using a straightforward treemap, The Washington Post looks at where the $4 trillion…
Presidential Plinko

Statistical Visualization / election, Matthew Kay, Plinko, R, uncertainty

To visualize uncertainty in election forecasts, Matthew Kay from Northwestern University used a…
Shape of unemployment

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, Ella Koeze, New York Times, unemployment

For The New York Times, Ella Koeze looks at the various types of…
Excel spreadsheet limit leads to 16,000 Covid-19 cases left off daily count

Mistaken Data / coronavirus, Excel, limitations

Microsoft Excel is useful for many things, but it has its limitations (like…
Coronavirus infection timeline

Infographics / coronavirus, New York Times, timeline

The timeline for a new infection isn’t the same for everyone. Some never…
Seems relevant

News / coronavirus

Just looking back at the past eight or nine months of coronavirus posts…
Sonification of Covid-19 rates

Infographics / coronavirus, Jan Willem Tulp, sonification

You’ve seen the line charts showing case rates over time. The focus is…
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Visualization Tools and Resources – September 2020 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for September 2020.
Millions of people experienced unhealthy air in 2020

Statistical Visualization / air quality, NPR, wildfire

NPR estimated how many people have experienced unhealthy air this year, largely in…
Exhibition of historical visualization

Infographics / David Rumsey, history, RJ Andrews, vintage

RJ Andrews, in collaboration with the David Rumsey Map Center, curated a collection…
Air Quality Mapped Over Time

Data Underload / air quality, wildfire

With wildfires burning in the western United States, smoke fills the air. This is an animation of the air quality during the past couple of months.
Timeline of the President’s taxes

Statistical Visualization / New York Times, taxes

The New York Times got a hold of the President’s tax records for…

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