Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Well-being of the nation mapped
Analyzing Facebook and Twitter updates to gauge happiness is all the rage these…
Countdown to the end of Internet Explorer 6
If you’ve ever designed for the Web, you know what a pain it…
Vincent van Gogh paintings as pie charts
Arthur Buxton breaks down van Gogh paintings for a view of color schemes.…
Most typical person in the world
Continuing their series on world population, National Geographic focuses in on the “most…
Lego cartograms show immigration and migration
LEGOs were my favorite toy growing up. This was back when the pieces…
German defense minister’s plagiarized PhD dissertation visualized
As some of you might know, Germany’s defense minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, resigned…
March Madness bracketology – winners and losers
Working off last year’s bracketology graphic, Leonardo Aranda took a simpler approach in…
Global Android activations mapped and animated
iPhone gets all the glory, but there are plenty of Android phones activated…
Visual evidence that movies are getting worse
Moki takes a page out of the OkCupid social media playbook and analyzes…
Painting with light to show WiFi networks
WiFi is everywhere, floating and whirling around us somehow, but where is it…
True size of Vatican City
We saw the true size of Africa, relative to the world’s largest countries,…
Data visualization meets game design to explore your digital life
The list of one-off applications that visualize your digital life, whether it be…
Who drinks the most around the world?
What and how much people drink depends a lot on what country you’re…
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…
History of the dunk contest complete with videos
Here’s something to chew on while you wait for the 2011 slam dunk…
