Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

London Underground rent map

In a straightforward map, Jason Allen for Thrillist replaced station names on the…

Cost of mobile ads to the consumer

The ethics and future of ads to keep sites running is still up…

Scale model of the Solar System

In most depictions of the Solar System, planets are drawn big enough to…

Fun in exchange for personal data

Sensible Data by Martin Hertig is an installation that asks what personal data…

What probability means in different fields

Statistically, probability ranges from 0 to 1 — impossible to definitely without a…

Classic 1939 book on graphs in its entirety

Willard Cope Brinton is credited as one of the pioneers of information visualization,…

Interactive explanation for how neurons work

Nicky Case made an interactive explanation of how neurons work. It’s part narrated…

Gravity visualized in physics demo

Properties of time and space using marbles and two large pieces of spandex sewn together in a classroom demonstration.

Power sources in each state

A clean and simple set of slope charts to show the change between 2000 and 2014.

City layouts in 3-D

They look like little cardboard cutouts.

Pascal’s triangle, not just a stack of numbers

SECRETS REVEALED.

Death in Syria counted

In a striking representation by the New York Times, a dot represents each life lost.

Automatic charts and insights in Google Sheets

So you have your data neat and tidy in a single spreadsheet, and…

Way more trees than previously thought, new estimates show

There are a lot of trees on this planet.

Searching for stock market spoofers

A stepper from Bloomberg that explains how spoofers put in fake orders to game the market.

Maps to understand tennis

Damien Saunder, a cartographer at ESRI, likes to use mapping methods to evaluate…

Mike Bostock AMA

The creator of d3.js is answering questions on reddit right now. Saving for…

Weevmee: Your Instagram photos turned artistic images

Weevmee autogenrates a woven-like image, based on your Instagram photos. A lot of…