Visualization

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

Repairing Panama Canal water levels

For Bloomberg, Peter Millard and Michael D. McDonald report on the efforts to…

Oppenheimer movie timeline

By Reddit user Pitazboras, a movie timeline for Oppenheimer with running time on…

Best Data Visualization Projects of 2023

Data continues on its upwards trajectory and with it comes the importance of visualization. Many charts were made in 2023. These are my ten favorites from the year.

A phone charger that only works when you recharge yourself

Recharge, an art installation by Dries Depoorter, uses a system that detects when…

Breaking down the holiday movie formula

NYT’s The Upshot looked at 424 holiday movies released by the Hallmark and…

Tracking operations in an online scam labor camp

Neo Lu was scammed into a labor camp. In an effort to escape…

Scale of all the things, compared to you

Kurzgesagt illustrates the scale of the tiniest of things and the biggest of…

A hotter year, again

This year, 2023, was the hottest year on record. For Reuters, Gloria Dickie,…

Generative plants

Generate your own plant with Max Richter’s interactive. Adjust leaf shape, density, and…

World map of illustrated animals

During a three-year span, Anton Thomas illustrated a world map of 1,642 animals…

Cost of assisted living where you are

Assisted living can be expensive. For The Washington Post, Bonnie Berkowitz, Lauren Tierney,…

High concentration of intrastate pipelines in Texas

By keeping gas pipelines within the state, companies can avoid federal regulations. This…

Life in the Gaza Strip

The New York Times put together an image of what life is like…

Steps for getting started with data visualization

Getting started with data visualization can be tricky because of all the resources…

ER visits for Christmas decoration injuries

A lot of Christmas lights went up this past week. I hope you…

Inflation high, cost of living no good

Usually inflation is more of a slow thing that you don’t notice so…

How much more income people need to be happy

For the Wall Street Journal, Joe Pinsker reports on income and happiness, or…

Failed community notes to stop misinformation on Twitter

Twitter has a Community Notes feature that attempts to flag posts that contain…