Visualization

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

Data Sketches, the book

Data Sketches was a one-year visualization collaboration between Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu…

Vaccine contracts

Bloomberg is tracking nine coronavirus vaccines around the world. In addition to the…

Your place in the vaccine line

Using estimates from the Surgo Foundation and Ariadne Labs, Stuart A. Thompson for…

Searching for Blue Moon ice cream

Daniel Huffman grew up with an ice cream flavor called Blue Moon. Where…

A game where you get to be a faceworker and mess with an AI system

Kyle McDonald, in collaboration with Greg Borenstein, Evelyn Masso, and Fei Lui, made…

Mapping 250,000 people

As we’ve talked about before, it can be hard to really understand the…

Fake faces created by AI and where this might be headed

It’s grown easier and easier to generate fake faces with AI. For The…

Where there are hospital staff shortages

Reporting for NPR, Sean McMinn and Selena Simmons-Duffins on staffing shortages: On data…

Why small gatherings can be dangerous too

A small gathering of 10 people or fewer can seem like a low-risk…

Analysis of representation in crossword puzzles

For The Pudding, Michelle McGhee analyzed representation in crossword puzzles. Some crossword publications…

State restrictions and hospitalizations

The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government defined an index to track…

Voting gains for 2020, compared to 2016 election

For The New York Times, Ford Fessenden, Lazaro Gamio and Rich Harris go…

Recap of all the election maps and charts

Alan McConchie from Stamen recaps the wide array of maps and charts that…

An atlas for the world’s development indicators

The World Bank tracks global development through a number of indicators. (You can…

Votes that won the presidency

Voter turnout this election was higher than it’s been in a long time,…

Coronavirus cases rising in prisons

Coronavirus cases are rising (again), which includes prisoners and prison staff. The Marshall…

Red counties mostly stayed red

For The New York Times, Denise Lu and Karen Yourish looked at the…

Minimalist creative coding environment

tixy.land is a minimalist coding environment by Martin Kleppe: Control the size and…