Down in Louisiana, it's not the alligators you need to worry about. Water is engulfing the land at a frightening rate. Astonishingly, the US state is losing a football field of land every... →
Seattle-based designer Eleanor Lutz used to work in a research lab, teaching mosquitos to fly through mazes. Now she visualizes data (rather beautifully, in our opinion). Her latest blog ... →
MobileVis is a website that gathers great examples of data visualizations created specifically for mobile devices. All projects on the site are submitted by contributors (yes, y... →
Choosing a school for your child is no easy task. It’s a veritable minefield out there and reading dozens upon dozens of mostly textual, multi-page school reports is time consum... →
We’ve been admiring the work of Milan-based designer Martina Cecchi. We particularly love the EMAPS project published earlier this year by Wired Italia which maps an international climate... →
It's fashion month around the globe with all the top designers showing in New York, London, Milan and Paris during their respective fashion weeks. But how do the world's most dedicated fo... →
When you, um, pause whilst talking, you might use a little word like “uh” or “um”. According to some research by forensic linguist Dr Jack Grieve, your particular choice of such a filler ... →
The votes have been counted and Scotland has rejected independence by 55% to 45%. But while the vote required a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer to the question of whether Scotland s... →
Creative studio, Dorothy, produced these two posters to celebrate colourful song titles and band names by displaying them in colour wheels designed to look a little like vinyl LPs… →
You might think that the phrase “endangered species” only applies to a handful of animals such as Pandas, Orang-utans and the indigenous giant tortoises of the Galapagos islands. The alar... →
Comprising the talents of Brooklyn-based duo Patrick Mulligan and Ben Gibson, Pop Chart Lab has but one modest goal: to render all of human experience in chart form. From the many varieti... →
Artists Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher celebrated a three month trek across Spain by creating a visualization of the journey as a temporary art installation. The resulting circular "... →