Visualization

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

Particles swirling in the atmosphere

Gavin Schmidt shows different types of particles that swirl around in our atmosphere:…

Stock trading game

Bloomberg Business has an interesting stock trading game with a simple premise. A…

Evolving LEGO color palette

DaveE from the Brickset Forum was curious about the changing LEGO color palette,…

Water scroller

Here’s a nice scroller from Katie Park for the Washington Post. It shows…

Value of body parts for injured workers

A detailed look at the state where companies can write their own workers' compensation plans.

Monopoly pieces to show presidential funding

According to the New York Times, 158 families funded about half of the…

A timeline of history

“I wish there was a timeline browser for all the historical events documented…

Network Effect overwhelms with data

Network Effect by Jonathan Harris and Greg Hochmuth is a gathering of the…

Superhero HR dashboard

Talent Lab is an application for human resource professionals to evaluate a work…

Human side of executions

On one side, a person is scheduled to die. On the other, the person did horrible things. It's complex.

Imagining alternative iPhone power sources

Lithium-ion batteries power the iPhone (among other things), but what if we could…

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

[iframe id=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/139407849?color=ffffff&portrait=0″ mode=”normal” autoplay=”no”] In most depictions of the Solar System, planets are…

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…