Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
50 years of Rolling Stones tours
CartoDB mapped every Rolling Stones tour from 1963 to 2007.
The Stones passed…
Time-lapse writing of a research paper
A research paper version of Noah Kalina’s photo project by Timothy Weninger. Weninger…
How tax rates have changed →
Mike Bostock, Matthew Ericson and Robert Gebeloff for the New York Times explored…
Pinball machine as Etch A Sketch
When you plan pinball, the ball bounces around creating paths for itself and…
xkcd: Calendar of meaningful dates
Using the Google ngrams corpus, xkcd sized the days of the year based…
Los Angeles Fire Department response times
Ben Welsh, Robert Lopez, and Kate Linthicum for the Los Angeles Times analyzed…
FIFA development work around the world →
Studio NAND and Moritz Stefaner, along with Jens Franke explore FIFA development programs…
Futures in literature from the past →
After seeing a timeline on future events as described in novels, designer Giorgia…
Ridiculous but real charts from the U.S. Congress floor
The Floor Charts tumblr shows actual charts used on the United States Congress…
Infinite Jukebox plays your favorite songs forever
You know those songs that you love so much that you cry because…
Beautiful interactive tour of the galaxy
In a beautiful rendition of the galaxy, Google visualized 100,000 stars, starting at…
Exploration of Hewlett grants
Since 2000, the Hewlett Foundation has made over 7,000 grants summing $3.86 billion,…
Mitt Romney losing likes on Facebook, in real-time
If you go to the Facebook page for Mitt Romney, note the number…
Mapping racist tweets
After seeing this post that highlights racist tweets after the election, Floating Sheep…
Data visualization as cultural phenomenon
In 1979, Joy Division released their album Unknown Pleasures, and the cover was…
