Visualization

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

Printing money at the speed of various wages

Neal Agarwal used a money printing metaphor to depict differences in various wages.…

Blanket visualizes daily high and low temperatures

Reddit user quantum-kate used daily high and low temperatures in Denver in 1992…

A tour of the king’s tattoos

DR used a 3-D model to recreate King Frederick the 9th’s ink: King…

Good state naming

From @haru_cchii on the Twitter: Local German Gets Bored And Tries To Name…

Mapping the construction of railroads in America

For the Financial Times, Alan Smith and Steven Bernard traced the history of…

Faking traffic on Google Maps with a wagon of 99 smartphones

Google Maps incorporates data from smartphones to estimate traffic in any given location.…

Flow Fields, a generative art tool

Flow Fields, a generative art tool by Michael Freeman, lets you adjust various…

Questionable science diagrams

Sometimes illustrating scientific findings is a challenge. Sometimes the illustrations are published anyways,…

Geography of FM radio

So get this. There are these things called radio stations that broadcast music…

Make a streets map of anywhere in the world

Following up on his mini-app to draw ridgeline maps for elevation, Andrei Kashcha…

Cow representation in the Senate

For the Absurd America section of The Washington Post, Sergio PeƧanha asks the…

Quiz to see which Democratic candidate agrees with you most

The Washington Post asked Democratic candidates a series of policy questions. To see…

UK government org charts

When I think government structure, I tend to think in general overviews where…

Can’t find Iran on a map

Based on a Morning Consult/Politico survey, most people don’t know where Iran is:…

Scale of Australia bushfires shown with unit charts

Outside of Australia, it can be a challenge to get a grasp of…

Where the Australia fires are burning

The New York Times zoomed in on southeastern Australia where the fires have…

Visual guide for the fires in Australia

For The Guardian, Niko Kommenda and Josh Holder provide a visual guide to…

Weight gain lines

From Kim Warp for The New Yorker. Ha. Ha. It’s funny because it’s…