Visualization

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

Where your neighbors commute to and from

Some people live in areas where a one-hour commute both ways is common,…

Illustration of ideas and concepts

In a different take on the infographic, RSA Animate illustrates the ideas and…

Battle for Web supremacy

Blend Interactive maps points of control for the Web 2.0 Summit in the…

The future of self-service banking

Too many slots. Too many buttons. Spanish bank BBVA and design consultancy IDEO…

Social life of Foursquare users mapped

Foursquare, the location-based social network, lets people share their location with others in…

Faith and poverty in the world

Using data from a recent Gallup report showing a correlation between wealth and…

Various ways to rate a college

There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide…

Tracking firefly trails in the forest

Physicist Kristian Cvecek hangs out in the forest sometimes to take these beautiful…

Mapping the moves of New York residents

A couple of months back, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show asked listeners who…

Real-time match display for the US Open

The tennis US Open is in full swing, and since you’re at work,…

What different sorting algorithms sound like

Last month we saw sorting algorithms visualized in rainbow technicolor. Now, by Rudy…

A house that knows when you’re happy and sad

Auger Loizeau, in collaboration with Reyer Zwiggelaar and Bashar Al-Rjoub, describe their smart-home…

The beauty of data visualization

Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles, bubbles, and triangles, David McCandless of Information is…

Asteroid discoveries over past 30 years visualized

This animation by Scott Manley of the Armagh Observatory shows a beautiful view…

Map of who owns the Arctic

Do you know who owns the Arctic? As it turns out, it’s a…

Icons of the Web scaled by popularity

Nmap visualizes site popularity as scaled icons. Favicons, that is. They’re that little…

How tax breaks could affect your bottom line

Wilson Andrews and Alicia Parlapiano report for The Washington Post on how the…

Countries of the world ranked by stuff

What country has the best education? Health? Quality of life? Thomas Klepl and…