Visualization

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

Gay marriage timeline

The Los Angeles Times reports on the chronology of gay rights in the…

The Ash Cloud and Airport Shutdowns

In case you’re following the craziness going on over Europe due to that…

Explorations of real-world traffic

We don't often get to see how cars, trains, airplanes, etc move in physical space, because, well, we're usually in them.

Crowdsourcing Johnny Cash

Aaron Koblin (along with Chris Milk) is up to his crowdsourcing mischief again.…

Data visualization tutorial in Processing

If you absolutely refuse to touch any code, I suggest Many Eyes or…

The making of wine – in motion graphics

Designer Tiago Cabaco explains the conception of wine in this short animated infographic.…

Viegas+Wattenberg announce visualization startup

Big news. Former IBMers Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg just announced their new…

100 Pixar characters drawn to scale

Designer Juan Pablo Bravo illustrates 100 Pixar characters to scale, from Wally B.…

Swing vote effects explored with swingometer

With the 2010 UK elections coming up, the Guardian explores possible outcomes, given…

Best place to catch a cab? Try Bloomingdale’s

Matthew Bloch, Ford Fessenden, and Shan Carter continue the New York Times geographic…

Edward Tufte on his White House appointment

Edward Tufte was officially appointed to a White House advisory role a few…

Location check-ins during South by Southwest

Location-aware apps are the hot topic nowadays, and with all the tech-oriented people…

Map and report data with InstantAtlas

As you know, there’s this big wave of transparency going on right now,…

Mapping GitHub – a network of collaborative coders

GitHub is a large community where coders can collaborate on software development projects.…

Japan, the strange country, in motion graphics

Design student Kenichi Tanaka animates the history of Japan for his final thesis…

March Madness Bracketology

The Final Four is just about here. Who’s going to win it all?…

Wear the weather as a bracelet

We all know that data is the new sexy, so it’s only natural…

What your email says about your finances

This graphic shows average debt categorized by email provider. Average age for Gmail…