Visualization

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

Decade-long time-lapse of the sun

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been taking a picture of the sun every…

When the world shut down, seen through global flights

Lauren Tierney and William Neff for The Washington Post used a rotating globe…

Map of Covid-19 surge

Axios provides a straightforward state map showing the percentage change in the 7-day…

LEGO relief map

Cameron Bennett made a relief map of Idaho, completely out of LEGO bricks:…

How the coronavirus won in the United States

Using a wide array of sources, The New York Times shows how the…

Who is responsible for climate change?

Kurzgesagt, in collaboration with Our World in Data, tackle the question of who…

Gaps between black and white America

New York Times Opinion compared several demographics, such as unemployment and income, between…

Karen equivalents, based on name data

The name Karen. It’s not a common baby name these days. It peaked…

Making a map table using IKEA furniture

All you need is an old table, gift wrapping paper, and some varnish.…

Data visualization wallpaper

As a 100-day project, Alli Torban has been imagining what a data visualization…

Meandering procedural river maps

Robert Hodgin built a procedural system he calls Meander to generate the beauty…

2020 election forecast

The Economist launched their 2020 elections forecast. Right now a part of my…

Vaccine tracker

As we know, it typically takes years to develop a vaccine that is…

Challenges of reopening the meatpacking plant

To reopen safely, meatpacking plants have to take precautions to provide space and…

Health conditions and income

A large proportion of those who died from Covid-19 had pre-existing medical conditions.…

Pen plotter used as storytelling device

Pen plotters slowly draw out a picture line-by-line, so when you watch a…

Visualizing black America in 1900

The visualization work of W.E.B. Du Bois and his students has been on…

A comic on spotting misinformation

There’s a lot of misinformation passing through the internets right now. A lot.…