Like everyone, I’ve been watching the Olympics, and it continues to amaze me…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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Olympic musical – how fractions of second make all the difference
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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.
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How a Giant Shark Took Down an Airplane
This graphic from designer Stephen Taubman is entertaining in so many ways. It…
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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.
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Watching the Pulse of the Olympics on Twitter
The Olympics are in full swing, so of course Twitter is abuzz with…
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Future of Employment in the Decade Ahead
NPR shows projected employment changes from 2008 to 2018. Large circles represent major…
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Beatles Music in Infographics
I’m sure a lot of you love The Beatles. I’m not a huge…
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The 2009 Feltron Annual Report – OCD Made Sexy
Nicholas Felton’s personal annual report on his life is now up. For those…
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Engineer’s Guide to Drinks
Seeing as the weekend is just about here, I’m sure many of you…
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Crayola Crayon Colors Multiply Like Rabbits
In 1903, Crayola had eight colors in its standard package. Today, there are…
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Need to Escape Jupiter’s Gravitational Pull? Good Luck
Randall of xkcd has been having fun with data visualization lately. In his…
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Even Older Infographics from the 19th Century
Old graphics are awesome. We saw some from the 1930s already. These are…
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A Visual History of Loudness in Popular Music
All Things Considered discusses why music sounds worse than it did a few…
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Charting the Decade
Did we all see this? Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple pictures the past…
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Elastic Lists Celebrates Five Years of Information Aesthetics
In celebration of Information Aesthetics’ birthday, Moritz Stefaner of Well-formed Data adapted his…
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Virtual Slot Machine Teaches the Logic of Loss
This interactive by Las Vegas Sun describes how in the long run, you’re…
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Infographic Coins for International Visitors
You know when you go to another country and have no clue what…
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Should You Get the H1N1 Vaccine?
David McCandless, author of The Visual MIscellaneum, delves into the usefulness of the…