Visualization

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

History of film, 100 years in a chart

In something of an homage to the Genealogy of Pop & Rock Music…

Beauty in movement

For the Made by Humans exhibit at the Hyundai Vision Hall in South…

Sandy aftermath: Power outages and flooding

The New York Times provides a detailed look at the Sandy aftermath, across…

Browse elections data back to 1976 with Electionary app

Electionary, the new iPad app from TargetPoint Consulting, lets you browse national election…

Hurricane tracker for Sandy

The New York Times has an updated version of their hurricane tracker up…

Urine wheel to diagnose disease

Some days you take a whiff it’s easy: “Yep. Definitely had asparagus last…

Insisting on beautiful maps

In the Atlas of Design, published by the North American Cartographic Information Society,…

Lord of the Rings visualized

Driven by his love for Lord of the Rings, Emil Johansson explores the…

Tracking homicides in Washington, D.C.

In a multipart special report, The Washington Post investigated homicides in the nation’s…

ReConstitution recreates debates through transcripts and language processing

ReConstitution 2012, a fun experiment by Sosolimited, processes transcripts from the presidential debates,…

Shifting states over the decades, between Democrat and Republican

Mike Bostock and Shan Carter visualized how states have shifted parties over the…

Solar energy potential, mapped in Cambridge

Sustainable Design Lab at MIT and MoDe Studio estimated the potential hotspots for…

How viral photos spread on Facebook

Number of likes and shares for a Facebook post are just simple aggregates…

Not enough donut

From the October 10 Boston Metro. Oops. [via]…

State of polar bear populations

There are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world, and…

History of Earth in 24-hour clock

I’m not sure where this is originally from, but I found it on…

Patent war

As you’ve probably heard, Apple and Samsung have been in a bit of…

Every Lost episode visualized and recreated

Santiago Ortiz visualized every episode of the show in the interactive Lostalgic. It’s…