Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
How K-12 schools in your area measure up
In collaboration with NBC News and The Gates Foundation, Ben Fry-headed Fathom Design…
Where refugees come from
Thousands of people flee their country every year, and the travel patterns are…
Software evolution storylines
In a follow up to code_swarm, a visualization to show the development of…
Map series of oil spill in Gulf
Everyone’s fascinated with animated graphics, which is cool, but sometimes a series of…
Fictional map of online communities
xkcd + numbers on online communities. Need I say more? Along the same…
Typographic maps
Cartography group Axis Maps continues their run of mapping goodness with the announcement…
Challenge: Advertised vs. actual waistline
Ever notice how pants seem to fit differently from store-to-store even though they’re…
Charted history of airline mergers
Airlines have been merging, going out of business, and growing since forever. Karl…
Exploratory tool for school admissions
With thousands of applications, it can be tough deciding who to admit in…
Music listening preferences by gender
Last.fm intern Joachim Van Herwegen has a quick look at listening habits by…
Journalism in the Age of Data
In the words of Terrell Owens, get your popcorn ready, because this video…
Who gets what if tax cuts are extended
There are some major tax decisions to be made soon, and they’ll affect…
Augmented reality atlas
The mockup examples are more cool factor than useful in this augmented reality…
Expense visualizer
In an effort to make Canadian government expense data more accessible, FFunction designed…
Europe geographically stereotyped
We tend to see the world in different ways, depending on what part…
History of the Blitz bombings
In September 1940, Nazi Germany began bombing London for 76 consecutive nights in…