Visualization

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

Changing climate zones of major cities

A global map of climate change can make a few degrees of rising…

Trendy baby name sounds

For WP’s Department of Data, Daniel Wolfe analyzed baby name data with Laura…

Where State Farm Insurance is dropping home policies

State Farm won’t be renewing about 30,000 policies because of high wildfire and…

Heat tracker for the U.S.

It’s abnormally hot in a large portion of the United States, and it’s…

Mapping hurricane winds with avocado of uncertainty

Stamen, whose design breakdowns I always appreciate, discusses why they took a different…

Visualizing GitHub commit history in a 3-D virtual space

Ren Yuan visualized the GitHub commit history for the PyTorch library. The virtual…

Hockey player tracking projected on ice for live watch party

During the Dallas Stars away games during this year’s NHL playoffs, fans could…

Dr Pepper ties with Pepsi-Cola for number two soda

Dr Pepper steadily rose and Pepsi steadily declined over the past couple of…

About a dog

For NYT, Sam Anderson, with illustrations by Gaia Alari, tells the story of…

Currently, a light display that shows where your energy is from

Currently is a prototype ambient display that shows where your energy comes from.…

California property taxes, through the Painted Ladies houses

The Painted Ladies houses, which includes the house from the 1990s sitcom Full…

Flight turbulence on the Singapore Airlines flight, visually explained

Last week, a Singapore Airlines flight experienced turbulence that led to one person…

When feelings of nostalgia peak

YouGov surveyed 2,000 adults asking them when was the best and worst decades…

Dashboard for L.A. Dodgers baseball

To keep track of performance, Matt Stiles made the Dodgers Data Bot, which…

Energy surges due to solar storm

The recent solar storms brought pretty lights to the night sky in some…

Change in housing prices where you live

I don’t know about you, but where I live, the housing prices keep…

Mapping Hacker News

Wilson Lin used an abstract map to visualize 40 million posts and comments…

Visualization of flying into a black hole

Assuming you were still alive flying into a black hole, NASA’s Goddard Space…