Visualization

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

President Obama announced his 2011 budget proposal. How does it compare to last…

I started the FlowingData Flickr group a little while ago, but didn’t come…

Designers Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth looked at ink usage of some commonly-used…

I’m sure a lot of you love The Beatles. I’m not a huge…

Nicholas Felton’s personal annual report on his life is now up. For those…

Since you’ll be trying every single drink recipe in the engineer’s guide this…

Seeing as the weekend is just about here, I’m sure many of you…

Update: I had scheduled this post for next week, but apparently, Data.gov.uk launched…

I’m admittedly not very good with historical precedent, but I think we can…

In 1903, Crayola had eight colors in its standard package. Today, there are…

It’s funny how data is finding it’s way into everyday objects. There was…

How do you compare music visually? You can break it down into data…

Some movies are popular everywhere. Others are popular only in certain regions. The…

Randall of xkcd has been having fun with data visualization lately. In his…

Old graphics are awesome. We saw some from the 1930s already. These are…

All Things Considered discusses why music sounds worse than it did a few…

The Known Universe from the American Museum of Natural History shows a view…

Did we all see this? Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple pictures the past…