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…