Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Pulp Fiction presented in chronological order

Smith hopes to put it print. Currently in Kickstarter mode.…

Bourdieu’s Food Space chart, from fast food to French Laundry

In Pierre Bourdieu’s Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste from…

Spaceships drawn to scale

Molecular astrophysicist Invader Xan drew spaceships, real and fictional, to scale. This, my…

Working in America over the decades

Information visualization firm Periscopic, in collaboration with GE, explores the makeup of the…

Fat and calories depicted in food pictures

You would think that fat content and calorie counts would be straightforward by…

Overfishing visually explained

As part of their mission to reform destructive fishing practices, Ocean2012 explains the…

How a Virus Changes the World

From Take Part, a short video on how a virus spreads and its…

Walt Disney: Story of Menstruation

A previously banned Disney cartoon on menstruation. So informative. [Thanks, Kevin]…

Which nations consume the most water?

This Scientific American article by Mark Fischetti and infographic by Jen Christiansen detail…

Good use of pie charts

This Wall Street Journal graphic shows who’s selling (or sold) a percentage of…

Is the filibuster unconstitutional?

Washington Post’s Ezra Klein busts on the filibuster. Gone are the days of…

ITP Spring Show: Iraq war and diabetes visualizations

Yesterday I visited the ever popular NYU ITP bi-annual show which is a…

Gay rights in the United States, by state

Gay rights vary across states and by region. The Guardian US interactive team…

Titanic infographics from 1912

With the Titanic anniversary this year, Chiqui Esteban dug up graphics back from…

Under the Sea, Under the Sea

In usual xkcd fashion, Randall Munroe plots the depths of lakes and oceans,…

Conducting Demystified

The New York Times, in collaboration with the New York University Movement Lab,…

Inception Explained in Animated Infographic

Designer Matt Dempsey explains the storyline of Inception in this fun experiment. There…

Spotlight on movie profitability

Movies are a curious business. There a variety of forces that encourage people…