Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Flowchart for movie time travel

Mr. Dalliard provides this handy flowchart to organize time travel movies. And yes,…

Orbiting planets found by NASA Kepler mission

The Kepler mission by NASA has discovered more than 100 planets that orbit…

Wealth distribution in America

This video clearly describes the distribution of wealth in America using a set…

Personal space per person in various countries

How much space is there per person in different countries? Andrew Bergmann for…

Distance to Mars

Long distances (and big numbers) can be difficult grasp. Designers Jesse Williams and…

How a cab driver makes money

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cab drivers and chauffeurs make a…

How to be Interesting by Jessica Hagy

Jessica Hagy, the one who made Venn diagrams on index cards popular, has…

Choosing the right seat

It can be tricky picking the right seat at a dinner party. So…

A dissection of movie trailers

Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, and Mike Bostock for The New York Times, analyzed…

A visual exploration of US gun murders

Information visualization firm Periscopic just published a thoughtful interactive piece on gun murders…

Billionaires of the world ranked and charted

How wealthy are the richest people in the world? How do they compare…

Flowchart: Gandalf problem solving

The Lotr Project breaks down the thought process in the magical mind.…

Women as academic authors over the years

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a look at the percentage of academic…

NFL video screens compared

On news of the Houston Texans getting ready to build the largest video…

Evolution of Batman logo, 1940-2012

Available in print. See also: a video version. Still no confirmation for whether…

Your tax rate in 2012, and past rates since 1913

What is your effective tax rate now versus years past? Ritchie King made…

An infographical look at Walking Dead kills over three seasons

Andrew Barr and Richard Johnson for the National Post took a detailed look…

xkcd: Calendar of meaningful dates

Using the Google ngrams corpus, xkcd sized the days of the year based…