Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
New Orleans power outage seen via satellite imagery
After Hurricane Ida, New Orleans experienced power outages. The NASA Earth Observatory show…
Tracking wildfires in the west
Wildfires continue to burn in the western United States. The New York Times…
AI-generated movie posters
Noah Veltman fed an AI movie descriptions and made it generate images. The…
Repulsive curves
Chris Yu, Henrik Schumacher, and Keenan Crane from Carnegie Mellon University are working…
Lightning algorithm
Matt Henderson on Numberphile shows off a “lightning algorithm” which is actually a…
Diversity within the Asian population
Robert Gebeloff, Denise Lu and Miriam Jordan for The New York Times looked…
Inflation isn’t that exciting
For NYT Opinion, Josh Bivens and Stuart A. Thompson argue that you don’t…
NBA carry jobs
With professional basketball, we often hear about carry jobs. There’s one star player…
How vaccines can make a difference with the Delta variant
We see percentages for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, and people can easily misinterpret…
Multiracial people counted in the census
Using unit charts, NPR shows the number of people who identify with each…
Shift in white population vs. people of color
The New York Times go with the angled arrows to show the shifts…
Maps of racial population change
Using their peaks and valleys metaphor, The Washington Post shows the shift in…
Procedurally generated fish drawings
Lingdong Huang’s project fishdraw seems straightforward on the surface. You go to the…
How countries ranked by Olympic medal counts
Ranking countries by medal count change depending on how much value you place…
Where America is expanding in developed areas
Zach Levitt and Jess Eng for The Washington Post mapped newly developed areas…
Visualizing GitHub repos
Most people are familiar with the file-and-folder view. Sort alphabetically, date, or file…
Olympic champions versus past Olympians
With the 2020 Olympics wrapped up, The New York Times raced this year’s…
