Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Notes from Interactive Infographics #interinfo #sxsw

Yesterday was the Interactive Infographics panel at South by Southwest, and if Twitter…

Use your skills to help others

Designer Christopher Harrell talks about, with a dose of various embedded graphics, pointing…

The State of the Internet

From JESS3 is this video on the state of the internet. It’s essentially…

Olympic musical – how fractions of second make all the difference

Like everyone, I’ve been watching the Olympics, and it continues to amaze me…

Evolution of Olympic Pictograms

Every Olympics since 1936 has had a series of pictograms (i.e. icons that look like restroom signs) that represents the events.

How a Giant Shark Took Down an Airplane

This graphic from designer Stephen Taubman is entertaining in so many ways. It…

Review: The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics

Add another book to the growing library of guides on how to make information graphics the right way. Dona M. Wong provides the dos and don'ts of data presentation.

Watching the Pulse of the Olympics on Twitter

The Olympics are in full swing, so of course Twitter is abuzz with…

Future of Employment in the Decade Ahead

NPR shows projected employment changes from 2008 to 2018. Large circles represent major…

Beatles Music in Infographics

I’m sure a lot of you love The Beatles. I’m not a huge…

The 2009 Feltron Annual Report – OCD Made Sexy

Nicholas Felton’s personal annual report on his life is now up. For those…

Engineer’s Guide to Drinks

Seeing as the weekend is just about here, I’m sure many of you…

Crayola Crayon Colors Multiply Like Rabbits

In 1903, Crayola had eight colors in its standard package. Today, there are…

Need to Escape Jupiter’s Gravitational Pull? Good Luck

Randall of xkcd has been having fun with data visualization lately. In his…

Even Older Infographics from the 19th Century

Old graphics are awesome. We saw some from the 1930s already. These are…

A Visual History of Loudness in Popular Music

All Things Considered discusses why music sounds worse than it did a few…

Charting the Decade

Did we all see this? Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple pictures the past…

Elastic Lists Celebrates Five Years of Information Aesthetics

In celebration of Information Aesthetics’ birthday, Moritz Stefaner of Well-formed Data adapted his…