The information is Beautiful Awards celebrates the world's most awesome dataviz & infographics, & we're psyched to be announcing the winners tomorrow, 2 Nov 2016, at our London ceremony.  Follow us on Twitter for live updates from 7pm (GMT). Why not browse the ex...

Next Weds, Nov 2 we celebrate the finest in dataviz and infographics at the 2016 Information is Beautiful Awards in London. We're giving away two tickets to the ceremony & party - including free food and drink. To enter, follow us on Twitter & retweet this announ...

Mashable’s Nuclear Legacy project uses long-exposure photography to visualize lingering radioactivity.   The images depict radiation in officially decontaminated areas at nuclear sites Chernobyl & Fukushima.   The team used an LED rod connected to a Geiger ...

View the 2016 Information is Beautiful Awards shortlist in full.    INFOGRAPHIC The Climate Challenge - Heather Jones When the World Washes - Kantar Worldpanel Garbage Sorting Recycling Figure - Pei Lei Ye 13 Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics - N...

Our Dataviz Website category shortlist showcases some of the best go-to places for inspiration & new work.   WTFViz publishes infographics & dataviz that make no sense, together with a Twitter community analysing why.    Andy Kirk's Visualising Data cha...

Alongside the public vote, our crack team of expert judges will help decide the winners of the 2016 Information is Beautiful Awards. View the four-part 'introducing our judges' series to check out their elite credentials.   Simon Rogers & company...   Je...

Our Facebook & Twitter pages showcase the best & brightest of data visualization. Here's a selection of our latest finds. Save the date - when weddings happen and why, 1947-2013 @ONS https://t.co/fwKaeCRJY8 @FuturesCo #iibawards pic.twitter.com/nWHIOdsNxE— Kantar...

While we count the votes, here are a few examples from the Data Visualization category shortlist for your viewing pleasure.    Greg McNevin juxtaposed radiation data onto long-exposure photographs. The results are... unsettling.    Heather Jones takes a closer ...

Check out a selection of the 15 great entries that made the infographic shortlist this year, and the issues they clarify for us.    First things first, let's take a look at why we love infographics so much. NeoMam Studios offers 13 reasons.  Find the rest of them ...

Check out some examples of the impressive range of data journalism in our 2016 shortlist.    Kyle Kim breaks down why Serena Williams is such a dominant force in tennis.   To understand how cultures perceive music genres, Matt Daniels tallies who appears in 'pu...

Words spread like weeds, amirite?   Nikhil Sonnad's on fleek visualization of emerging words tracks their Twitter usage across the US.    Any words that could be found in the dictionary were thrown out.    Many emerging words sprung from the South. ...

Bonnie Berkowitz, Lazaro Gamio, Denise Lu, Kevin Uhrmacher & Todd Lindeman explore the math of mass shootings.    Breaking down the numbers, the Washington Post team looked at the victims, the weapons, the shooters & the locations...        ...

22 outstanding entries made the dataviz project category shortlist this year.   Enjoy some examples below:   From Picasso to Pollock, Georgia Lupi & Michela Buttignol visualize the lives of famous painters.   Nicholas Rougeux can't read music, but he can...