Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Modern reproduction of 1847 geometry books
Euclid’s Elements is a series of 13 books produced in 300 BC that…
Soup-Salad-Sandwich space
The debate rages on about the categorization of food items as soup, salad,…
Falling ticket prices for longer flights
Based on data from Expedia, this is an interesting one from The Economist.…
Heatmap shows deaths by age in different countries
This interactive heatmap by Jonas Schöley shows mortality rates by age. Just use…
Same facts but different stories, an illustration
Multiple people can look at the same dataset and come out the other…
Defining visualization literacy
Michael Correll on the use of “visualization literacy” in research:
If people (and,…
Teaching kids data visualization
Jonathan Schwabish gave his fourth-grade son’s class a lesson on data visualization. He…
Skewed mental map of the world’s geography
The maps that we imagine as we think about locations around the world…
Years of life lost due to breathing bad air
Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute estimated the number of…
City road maps made into solvable mazes
Michelle Chandra uses street data as a base for solvable mazes:
I draw…
Color distribution in campaign logos
In news graphics, blue typically represents Democrat and red represents Republican. However, the…
Inflated counts for cleared rape cases
Newsy, Reveal and ProPublica look into rape cases in the U.S. and law…
Street names as a proxy for history and culture
From Streetscapes by Zeit:
Street names are stories of life. They tell us…
Visualization research for non-researchers
Reading visualization research papers can often feel like a slog. As a necessity,…
A collection of Charles-Joseph Minard’s statistical graphics
Charles-Joseph Minard, best known for a graphic he made (during retirement, one year…
