Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Chinese names lost in translation

Liuhuaying Yang aims to clarify the names and sounds that get lost when…

Tsunami alert, because earthquake off coast of Northern California

The folks up here received one of those loud emergency alerts a few…

When internet cables break under the sea

The network that connects the world still relies on surprisingly thin wires that…

Your name shaped under a trend line

Add another graphic to the baby name genre of visualization. Karim Douïeb put…

Higher margins with fewer hospital staff, not the best mix

Many hospitals in the United States are for-profit, which itself is not a…

China jumps to car exports leader in just a few years

China exported next to zero vehicles in 2010, but from 2020 to 2024,…

Material requirements from EV batteries

To make batteries for electric vehicles, manufacturers require materials from all over the…

3-D print of John Snow cholera map

You know the John Snow map that highlights a cholera outbreak in London,…

Movie runtimes framed by life expectancy

Memento Movi, a mini-app by Michael Condouris, is what you get when you…

Rainbow Sky, the colors mentioned on Bluesky

Martin Wattenberg drew up a live visualization that shows colors mentioned in Bluesky…

Tree blanket color-coded by local temperature

Speaking of data blankets, the knitting club in the area I live has…

Bathymetry blanket crochet

Jesse Gwinn, from NOAA, was at sea on a mapping expedition and to…

Emoji rain and Bluesky Matrix

Bluesky firehose fun continues. Jared Short shows emoji usage as rain drops that…

Tunnel through the live Bluesky firehose

Bluesky has a relatively easy-to-use firehose that lets you dip into the stream…

Participation in the annual United Nations climate conference

For the New York Times, Mira Rojanasakul visualized annual participation in the United…

Swooping vote margins

The New York Times used swooping arrows to show vote swings left and…

Margin of victory over past elections, in Minnesota

For the Minnesota Star Tribune, Yuqing Liu and C.J. Sinner show how the…

Evolution of the love song

For The Pudding, David Mora and Michelle Jia examine the death of the…