Visualization

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

Entire English Wikipedia in physical print

The exhibit From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! opened last week with a hit of…

Excel heat map hack

John Nelson from IDV Solutions explains how he uses a Microsoft Excel hack…

Data journalism hoorah

In parallel to the Google Trends release, the Google News Lab produced a…

Traded animals

Based on data from the CITES Trade Database, “more than 27 million animals…

Super Mario Bros. was designed on graph paper

Leading up to the release of Super Mario Maker, which lets you create…

Quick reference guide to thematic cartography

Mapping data is so much about subtleties. The little things add up to…

Length of the average master’s thesis

A while back beckmw found the average length of a dissertation for various…

More presidential candidates please

“If it seems as if the list of presidential candidates for 2016 is…

Endangered species depicted with geometric pieces

In Pieces by designer Bryan James is an animated piece that uses simple…

Getting bees to construct geographic maps

In an exploration of the connection between humans an nature, artist Ren Ri…

Growth of Las Vegas metro and skyline

Western cities are growing but water supplies are decreasing. That’s not good. ProPublica,…

Chess piece moving patterns

Million Base is a database of 2.2 million chess games. Steve Tung visualized…

From European cities, how long it takes to travel elsewhere

After seeing an isochrone map drawn by Francis Galton, Peter Kerpedjiev was curious…

Why the subway isn’t getting a move on already

You’re headed to the subway platform and you hear a train coming. The…

Size of Minecraft

I tried playing Minecraft a couple of times but quickly lost interest. Clearly…

Compare your curve to reality for income versus college attendance

Those who grow up in poorer families are less likely to go to…

Homicide Monitor shows distribution of violence worldwide

It’s difficult to grasp the severity of homicide around the world. Homicide Monitor…

Interactive documentary connects World War II data to the events

Millions of peopled died during World War II, but it’s difficult to grasp…