Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Maps of climate tipping points
The climate is changing, and researchers believe that after some point, there will…
Superblocks, an urban planning compromise for cars and pedestrians
Living in city centers with little space to spend time outside and a…
Meat industry olympic chart
Speaking of data projects in unexpected places, David Mora repurposed one of my…
One million screenshots of the web’s homepages in a single layout
One Million Screenshots, by Urlbox, is a collection of 1,048,576 homepage screenshots in…
Uncertain risk behind climate change models
To demonstrate the level of uncertainty in using climate forecasting models, Bloomberg compared…
Run speeds in the men’s 100-meter race
Noah Lyles won the men’s 100-meter, but he started as the slowest runner…
Best NBA players in the Olympics, by country since the 1992 Dream Team
In 1992, when the Dream Team dominated basketball in the Olympics, the best…
Olympic medal tracker variations
As the 2024 Summer Olympics wrap up, medal trackers will fade from homepages…
Scale of dragons from House of the Dragon
Dragons are pretty big, I guess. (Please let me know if you know…
Emotional overlap Venn diagrams
I’m hearing murmurs that the Venn diagram is making a comeback. Six Seconds…
Queuing systems and crowd engineering
There’s a science to getting thousands of people to wait in line without…
Scrolling map on receipt paper
Aaron Koelker printed a six-foot long map on receipt printer earlier this year.…
Embroidered landscapes
Victoria Rose Richards uses embroidery to depict aerial views and landscapes. The above…
Illustrated guides to Olympic sports
Reuters, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, has visual guides to all of the…
How Olympic athletes combat the heat
A part of outdoor sports is that you must deal with the weather,…