Visualization

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

Visual Résumés

A couple of infographic résumé sites, vizualize.me and re.vu, sprouted up that use…

Manual data design from Stefanie Posavec

Designer Stefanie Posavec talks about her process of data collection, analysis, and design.…

A month of swearing in 90 seconds

A fun map by Jamie Popkin of Little Earth that animates the use…

Microsoft envisions the near future in technology and interaction

In a follow-up to last year’s visions of the future, Microsoft imagines interacting…

How we got to a population of 7 billion

NPR explains how we reached a population of 7 billion. Simply put, the…

7 billion people in the world: past, present and future

According to estimates from the United Nations Population Division, there are now over…

Horrors coming to each state this Halloween

So many movies, so many creepy crawlies that go bump in the night.…

Google+ Ripples show influence and how posts are shared

Posts and links get shared over and over again, but we usually don’t…

Language communities of Twitter

Eric Fischer maps language communities on Twitter using Chrome’s open-source language detector. Each…

NASA maps a decade of fires, a global tour

Using satellite data that goes back to 2002, NASA maps tens of millions…

Racial divide mapped with spacial rifts

Jim Vallandingham maps racial divide in major cities using Mike Bostock’s implementation of…

Facebook connections displayed in physical space

For Facebook’s F8 developer conference, creative agency Obscura Digital delivered the Connections installation.…

Geographic data doesn’t always have to be mapped

Matthew Ericson, deputy graphics director at The New York Times, talks maps and…

Bible sentiment analysis

OpenBible quantifies the ups and downs of the Bible. Red is negative and…

Visualizing Yahoo email in real-time

Hundreds of thousands of emails are sent every second, and yet, you wouldn’t…

Where people don’t use Facebook

Remember the Facebook connections map from a while back? It showed digital friendships…

Space launches over time

With the end of NASA’s human spaceflight program, Tommy McCall and Mike Orcutt…

Nobel laureates by country and prize

Nobel Prizes have been awarded every year since 1901. Where are all the…