Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Gay marriage legalized by state
Changes in gay marriage rights had changed slowly over the years, but more…
Minimal landscape maps
Designer Michael Pecirno experiments with single-subject maps in his project Minimal Maps. No…
Making better social media maps
Location-based data from social media can be interesting to analyze and map, but…
Gender gaps around the world
Ri Liu provides an exploratory view of gender gaps around the world through…
Future of visualization
Jeffrey Heer, computer science professor and co-founder of Trifacta, describes the future of…
Out-of-state commuters mapped
In a straightforward map, Seth Kadish shows the percentage of county residents who…
Traffic gridlock simulation
I hate all things commute- and traffic-related, and it’s probably why I like…
Data drawing pen pals
Stefanie Posavec, known around these parts for her manual data design and Giorgia…
3-D chart for economy’s future
People like to poke fun at 3-D charts, mostly because they don’t work…
Abortion policies, over time and by state
For a class project, Katie Kowalsky, Dylan Moriarty, and Robin Tolochko examined changes…
Equality for women and girls, 20-year report
In their continued work on the No Ceilings project, Fathom describes the current…
NCAA tournament bracket predictions
March Madness starts this week in the states, which means it’s time for…
Wearable data objects that represent air pollution
For the most part, air pollution is invisible, so Stefanie Posavec and Miriam…
Bivariate choropleth how-to
Your standard choropleth map shows geographic areas colored by a single variable. You’re…
