Ever wonder what beautiful design tastes like on top of a cupcake? Information is Beautiful graphics team member Fabio Bergamaschi made that dream a reality for attendees of our 2018 Awards ceremony.    In part 2 of our series on updating the IIB Awards branding, Fab...

For our 2018 rebrand Mike Brondbjerg at Kultur Design worked with David McCandless to create a new 3D, animated logo based upon the thousands of entries that have been submitted to the Awards over the years. This evolved into multiple data-inspired videos introducing each cate...

Are you a 2018 Information is Beautiful Awards Winner? Would you like to buy a duplicate trophy? We've got you - send us an email ASAP with your details, and we will make arrangements to get your trophy to you (would make an excellent gift for all of your friends and family). ...

These prizes were established to honor the students, prolific individuals, non-English outfits, and other notable people whose work received top votes in this year's Awards.   Student   JOINT WINNER: 30° by Stephan Schakulat, Mathias Foot, Janna Nikoleit & ...

We sipped bubbly beverages, mingled with dataviz celebrities, noshed on Shortlist Cookies, and enjoyed a memorable evening honoring fantastic designers from all over the world. :: View all of the 2018 Winners     The Awards were presented by Information is Beau...

These designers rose to the challenge of visualizing breaking news at a moment's notice.   GOLD WINNER   How the Thai Cave Rescue Mission Unfolded by South China Morning Post Following the rescue of a local soccer team, missing in a cave complex in Thailand....

This category included everything your dataviz-loving heart desires: tools, resources, apps, sites or graphics for & about dataviz.   GOLD WINNER   Kepler.gl by Shan He, Giuseppe Macri, Chris Chua & Abhishek Gupta A web app for visualizing geolocatio...

Projects featuring a keen journalistic eye & passion for truth-telling. This category featured entries on aid, NGOs, disasters & human welfare.   GOLD WINNER   Life in the Camps by Weiyi Cai, Simon Scarr, Darren Schuettler for Reuters An unflinching ...

Dataviz you can touch, play with, manipulate and experience in truly immersive ways. This category included any work quirky or boundary-pushing enough to not fully fit in any of our other categories.   GOLD WINNER   MULTIPLICITY by Moritz Stefaner, Dominikus Ba...

Dataviz pushing boundaries and exploring new frontiers in health, medicine, climate, technology & science.   GOLD WINNER   What Happens to the Plastic We throw Out by Brian T. Jacobs, Jason Treat & Kennedy Elliott with National Geographic How a piece...

Delve into the winning entries in the Politics & Global category, covering democracy, crime, activism, economics & international issues.   GOLD WINNER   Bussed Out: How America Moves its Homeless by Nadieh Bremer & Shirley Wu with The Guardian Re...

These entries on gender, being, language and (the quantified) self rose to the top out of dozens of incredible entries in this category.   GOLD WINNER   Simulated Dendrochronology of U.S. Immigration 1790-2016 by Pedro M Cruz & team with Northeastern Univer...

Revealing the shape of our world with fresh, captivating & data-driven insights. These entries included projects with any kind of map or dashboard, and those dealing with the natural or built environment.   GOLD WINNER   Here’s How America Uses Its Land by ...