Visualization

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

A century of National Geographic maps

Celebrating the 100th year of the National Geographic cartographic department, they provide a…

Fibonacci sculptures fake movement

John Edmark made some pretty things.…

Snow depth by dogs

For the US east coasters and their pets.…

Sexual insecurities found in Google search results

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz continues with his Google search data-related op-eds for the New York…

Book checkouts from the British Library

In efforts to emphasize the importance of the library (very), the British Library…

Whale songs visualized

It’s been known for decades that the sounds that whales make show patterns…

Feeling hot, hot, hot

When you look at overall global temperatures over time, you see a rising…

One animated art piece per day, with D3.js

Data-Driven Documents, or D3.js, is a flexible JavaScript library that lets you draw…

3-D model to show free-climb route

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are free-climbing almost 3,000 feet up El Capitan,…

Mapped history of how Native American land was taken

In Invasion of America, an animated map shows the loss of land.…

Tim Cook Chernoff Face

This amused me. By artist Christo Allegra.…

The first photo of the United States by NASA satellite

In 1974, NASA published their first satellite photo of the contiguous United States…

Turning 30, explained with charts

You get older as time passes. (That’s how age works last time I…

Japan fertility rate forecasts versus reality

It’s hard to predict the future, especially when humans are involved. Oftentimes, there…

Every episode of Friends season 1, played simultaneously

All ten seasons of Friends are currently available on Netflix, but watching shows…

Rapper travels and a robot arm

Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. by Tahir Hemphill explores rappers’ geographic mentions in their…

Auto recalls for the year set record

There were a lot of auto recalls — 62 million of them —…

Eric Rodenbeck on visualization and running a studio

Eric Rodenbeck is the founder and creative director for Stamen. No doubt you’ve…