Visualization

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

America is not the best at everything

Charles M. Blow has a look at some metrics for the International Monetary…

Every baseball game and play since 1951 on your iPad

If you love baseball and have an iPad, you need Pennant, a project…

Components of the global water cycle

NASA briefly explains the water cycle: Water regulates climate, predominately storing heat during…

A visual guide to eggs

I can’t resist. It’s about food and those chickens are just so cute.…

History of the dunk contest complete with videos

Here’s something to chew on while you wait for the 2011 slam dunk…

The Grammy winning sales bump

A Grammy win is worth way more than a little trophy and some…

England crime map comparisons

After a sluggish launch by police.uk to unleash local crime data, the Guardian…

National Broadband Map shows how connected your community is

To encourage the integration of broadband and information technology into local economies, the…

Data in a physical context

We’ve seen this sort of thing before, but it doesn’t ever seem to…

Exploratory treemap for Obama’s 2012 budget proposal

It’s that time of year again. Obama recently released his 2012 budget proposal…

Reading the face of IBM’s Watson

Tonight on Jeopardy, the first day of the IBM Watson challenge, Ken Jennings…

City traffic visualized as blood vessels

Pedro Cruz puts a twist on the traditional map approach to visualize traffic…

A study of iPad usage via fingerprints

As we all know, the iPad has changed how many people interact with…

Gamers mimic the real life football season

As you might expect, people who play sports video games tend to play…

Looking for other livable planets

Jer Thorp, who has a knack for creating stuff that’s both useful and…

Watch the world get fatter over the past three decades

People are getting fatter everywhere. You know this. But there’s nothing like the…

Europe’s energy targets in perspective

Designer Gregor Aisch has a look at energy usage in Europe. Click on…

Annual Feltron report is up – this time with dad

I think we’ve all grown accustomed to this by now. Designer Nicholas Felton,…