Visualization

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

7 billion people in motion graphics

National Geographic argues a need for balance across the world population in the…

Delicious mass exodus

On news that Delicious is on Yahoo’s sunset list, thousands of people decided…

The Dow Piano audiolizes the stock market in 2010

CNNMoney audiolizes the stock market in 2010 with the Dow Piano. Each day’s…

The real Inception flowchart by Nolan

Inception was a complex film, so there was understandably some confusion over the…

Old map shows slavery in the United States

In 1864, drawing on the most recent 1860 Census data, the United States…

Dynamic sculpture brings weather into airport

eCLOUD, conceived by Aaron Koblin, Nik Hafermaas, and Dan Goods, displays weather data…

Facebook status updates: young people are self-centered and old ramble

The Facebook Data Team had a quantitative look at status updates by age…

Minimalised consumer products

Antrepo wonders what it might be like if the labels on consumer products…

Comparison of the largest stars

You’ve most likely seen a couple of views of the universe to provide…

Worst and best commutes in America

I grew up in a relatively small city where it took no more…

Choreography of the skies shows flight paths

We’ve all seen Aaron Koblin’s Flight Patterns, so we know that there’s a…

MacGyver guide on how to use a map

You might think that the only use for a map is to find…

Mapping demographics of every block and city in America

Government data technology has felt behind the times the past few years with…

Filling in the black holes of the Facebook friendship map

While it was fun looking at the worldwide connections on Facebook, I thought…

Growth in visual culture via science magazine pages

William Huber, Tara Zepel, and Lev Manovich compare magazine pages of Science and…

10 Best Data Visualization Projects of the Year – 2010

Data visualization and all things related continued its ascent this year with projects…

Facebook worldwide friendships mapped

As we all know, people all over the world use Facebook to stay…

How the world searched in 2010

Google recaps search trends for the year in Google Zeitgeist 2010, from the…