The New York Times published a fun piece that places Winter Olympic events…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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Olympic events placed in New York for scale →
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History through the president’s words →
The Washington Post visualized the use of specific words throughout the years during…
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State gun laws since Newtown →
The New York Times explored state gun bills since Newtown.
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Rocky movie breakdown
Fathom Information Design watched all six Rocky movies, classified segments into dialogue, training,…
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Artist temperaments
Just for kicks, Jimmy Chen plotted artists on a subjective arrogance-vs-genius scale. Above…
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Bourbon family tree
Colin Spoelman for GQ illustrated an educated guess of the bourbon family tree.…
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Why traffic waves and congestion happen
You’re on the freeway, traffic is moving along, and for no apparent reason…
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The safest time to drive
As we’ve seen, there are more fatal car crashes during the weekend and…
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Quarterback streaks →
Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times explore…
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Science fiction starships, an extensive size comparison
A while back we saw a size comparison of random spaceships. That one…
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Planet and moon resizer
It can be difficult to imagine the scale of planets and moons, because…
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Learn to make animated information graphics
Graham Roberts, a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times, is…
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Extensive timelines of slang for genitalia
The title says it all. Jonathon Green, a slang lexicographer, has two new…
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A second on the Internet →
In a straightforward view of online activity, Designly shows the approximate number of…
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Size comparison of everything
If you’re like me, you often wonder how big the Stay Puft Marshmallow…
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Internet critique as infographic music video
I’m not entirely sure how to interpret this music video from Franz Ferdinand,…
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Climbing the income ladder →
In a study conducted by researchers at Harvard and UC Berkeley, data shows…
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Housing price changes →
Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times updated their housing…