Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Evolution of the periodic table of elements

Infographics / elements, Periodic Table, science

As more elements were discovered, the table grew and changed layout. For Science…
Evolution of the alphabet

Infographics / alphabet, evolution, Matt Baker

Matt Baker provides this nifty diagram on how the alphabet changed over the…
Closeness in relationships over time, illustrated with a couple of lines

Infographics / cartoon, Olivia de Recat, relationships

Cartoonist Olivia de Recat illustrated the closeness over time for various relationships. Charming.…
xkcd: technical analysis

Infographics / humor, xkcd

Seems about right.…
Scale of tens

Infographics / scale

I’m always up for some scaled perspective. From David Packer:

Anyone need a…
Real-time speed of light from Earth to Mars

Infographics / light, NASA, scale, speed

Hurry up, light. We’re gonna be late:
By James O’Donoghue, the animation shows…
Government shutdown, other industries provided for scale

Infographics / government, New York Times, scale, shutdown

As the shutdown continues, 800,000 government workers wait for something to happen. The…
Border wall progress chart

Infographics / New York Times, wall

Denise Lu for The New York Times provides a quick overview of the…
Kernel density estimation explainer

Infographics / kernel density estimation

Matthew Conlen provides a short explainer of how kernel density estimation works. Nifty.…
Top NBA player by zone

Infographics / basketball, Kirk Goldsberry

Kirk Goldsberry is back at ESPN. I put this here mainly because it’s…
Modern reproduction of 1847 geometry books

Infographics / Euclid, Nicholas Rougeux, recreation, vintage

Euclid’s Elements is a series of 13 books produced in 300 BC that…
Falling ticket prices for longer flights

Infographics / Economist, flights, pricing

Based on data from Expedia, this is an interesting one from The Economist.…
Same facts but different stories, an illustration

Infographics / point of view

Multiple people can look at the same dataset and come out the other…
Years of life lost due to breathing bad air

Infographics / environment, mortality, pollution, Washington Post

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute estimated the number of…
Color distribution in campaign logos

Infographics / color, election, Washington Post

In news graphics, blue typically represents Democrat and red represents Republican. However, the…
Inflated counts for cleared rape cases

Infographics / law, police, ProPublica, rape

Newsy, Reveal and ProPublica look into rape cases in the U.S. and law…
How a meme grew into a campaign slogan

Infographics / election, meme, New York Times, Twitter

A meme that cried “jobs not mobs” began modestly, but a couple of…
Faces of diverse midterms

Infographics / diversity, election

As one might expect, many women, people of color, and L.G.B.T. candidates are…

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