Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Finding fake followers
This fake follower piece by Nicholas Confessore, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Richard Harris, and…
Hand-drawn how-to instructions using zero words
Inspired by Dear Data, the data drawing pen pal project, designers Josefina Bravo,…
Release strategies for Oscar-nominated films
Evie Liu and William Davis, reporting MarketWatch, looked at release strategies of Oscar…
Is there something wrong with democracy?
Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, for The New York Times, answer the question…
Surprise, the world was warmer again in 2017
According to NASA estimates, 2017 was the second warmest year on record since…
Porn traffic before and after the missile alert in Hawaii
PornHub compared minute-to-minute traffic on their site before and after the missile alert…
Compare your fears against reality
From ABC News, this is a clever comparison between people’s worst fears and…
Mapping global accessibility to cities
From The Malaria Atlas Project, a global map of estimated accessibility to cities:…
Scale comparison of wildfires
The past few days in California has been non-stop rain, but the months…
Obliteration Room invited people to put dotted stickers everywhere
The Obliteration Room (2012) by artist Yayoi Kusama started as a blank white…
Where athletes in professional sports come from
Sports are growing more international with respect to the athletes. Gregor Aisch, Kevin…
Most popular GIFs used to express emotion in different countries
People often use animated GIFs to digitally express caricatures of emotion or reaction.…
Favourite maps from 2017 →
Cartographer picked his favorites. Better late than never.…
Mapping perceived canopy tree cover in major cities
Treepedia, from the MIT Senseable City Lab, estimates perceived tree cover at the…
Time-lapse shows night sky at varying levels of light pollution
One of my favorite childhood memories is the time I went camping and…
10 Best Data Visualization Projects of 2017
It was a rough year, which brought about a lot of good work. Here are my favorite data visualization projects of the year.
