Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
10 Best Data Visualization Projects of 2015
These are my picks for the best of 2015. As usual, they could easily appear in a different order on a different day, and there are projects not on the list that were also excellent.
All known planets outside our solar system
Jan Willem Tulp, in collaboration with Visualized, shows all known exoplanets (currently 1,942…
Timelines show Star Wars character interactions
Remember when xkcd charted character interactions for fictional stories? Inspired by that and…
Tinder robot behaves to palm sweatiness
Take all the guesswork out of finding “love” on Tinder, and let the…
Blueprint for a carbon-free world
Getting to 100 percent renewable energy seems like such a far away goal…
Plant life cycle shows a breathing Earth
NASA mapped the annual cycle of all plant life on the planet in…
Mass shootings count – Depends on your definition
With recent events, you’ve likely seen the articles and graphics that get into…
Ant time-lapse shows movement patterns
Ant activity can seem mysterious at times. The pack seems to start out…
Thanksgiving flight patterns
Millions of Americans will fly home this Thanksgiving weekend. (Based on my morning…
Daylight Saving Time geography
Keith Collins for Quartz made an interactive that showed how much more daylight…
Out-of-state gun purchasing
In states with stricter gun laws, firearms still find their way in. Based…
What the world eats
Diets vary around the world. Fathom Information Design for National Geographic charted the…
Missing votes in Congress
When members of the House of Representatives miss a vote, it is customary…
Average of faces in things
You’ve likely seen projects that take the average of people’s faces, but you…
Pale Blue Dot motion graphic
Joel Somerfield created this motion graphic to Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot monologue.…
