Visualization

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

Getty Center fire resistance

Fire spread over Los Angeles, but the famous art works in the Getty…

Family displacements through urban renewal

Hundreds of thousands of families were displaced in the 1950s under “urban renewal”…

Ed Sheeran’s creative process explained with music visualization

The New York Times is back at it in explaining the creative process.…

Tax calculator that considers where you live

Here’s a different look at tax cuts and increases from Reuben Fischer-Baum for…

How your taxes will change

I’m pretty sure this is all that most people want to know. The…

Rumsey Collection with a data visualization subject tag

The David Rumsey Map Collection, known for its many browsable historical maps, now…

Multivariate map collection

I heard you like maps. Jim Vallandingham put together a collection of maps…

Disney-Fox market share

Disney is set to buy 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. I honestly…

Tracking ballet dancer movements

Research group Euphrates experimented with lines and a ballet dancer’s movements in Ballet…

Alabama voter demographics

Democrat Doug Jones won in the senate race against Republican Roy More last…

Data visualization for analysis and understanding complex problems

Enrico Bertini, a professor at New York University, delves into the less flashy…

Simulation shows swirling of smoke, sea salt, and dust around the world

NASA. Data. Good. Tracking the aerosols carried on the winds let scientists see…

Where students learn the most

Emily Badger and Kevin Quealy, reporting for the Upshot, highlights research from Sean…

Bomb contaminants where you live

Lena Groeger, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Abrahm Lustgarten, reporting for ProPublica with a…

High-detail landscape using lidar data

Lidar, which is like radar but with lasers instead of radio waves, can…

Stopping a nuclear missile fired at the US

I hate that this feels like something civilians should know. Bonnie Berkowitz and…

Tech generations, as seen through video source, music players, and internet access

In a fun piece by Reuben Fischer-Baum, reporting for The Washington Post: In…

Middle-class tax cuts and increases from Senate bill

A lot of tax debate centers around the “average” American family, with focus…