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...

While the votes are rolling in, take a look at the final installment of our 'meet the judges' series & discover the dataviz stars who will help decide the winners.   Tiago Veloso is the founder of Visualoop, a digital environment dedicated to all things d...

Take a look at a selection of globally-focused pieces from the 2016 shortlist.   Using only 2 colours, Cordelia Morales Trevino explores masses of data in her Atlas de México.   The team at Caixin Media visualizes the ups and downs of China's fast-growing prope...

With 24 fantastic interactives in the shortlist, here are just a few examples of what the category has to offer this year.   Robert Rouse examines US political divisions in US vs. THEM.   Can you afford your home? Herwig Scherabon investigates the relationship ...

The 2016 shortlist exhibits exceptional talent across a wide range of themes. 'Migrants' has been a popular one this year - check out some examples below.   Valerio Pellegrini's Missing Migrants Map represents all incidents recorded by 'The Missing Migrants Project'. ...

Discover which dataviz, infographics and interactives made the shortlist in the 2016 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards... and help your favourites win a share of $30k in prize money.   :: check out the 2016 Shortlist   Explore each category... Data visualiz...

With the shortlist up and the public vote open, meet another 7 of our expert judging panel.   Andy is a data visualisation specialist, design consultant, author, lecturer at MICA (US) and Imperial College (UK) - and previous Gold winner in the Information is Beauti...

With the longlist announced and the shortlist on its way, here's another seven of our expert judging panel. The views of these expert judges will be supplemented by a public vote once the shortlist is released next Tues 27 Sep. Jen is senior graphics editor at Scien...

We're delighted to unveil the 2016 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards longlist:   :: Check out the 2016 Longlist   Thank you to all who entered their own work or nominated other people's. Dataviz and infographics are becoming a staple part of our media diet,...

2016's Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards has received more entries & nominations than ever before. Fortunately we've assembled a crack team of dataviz ninjas - including several previous winners - who, alongside our public vote, will decide the shortlist and winners. ...

The deadline has passed and there's no doubt: the fifth Awards has received more entries & nominations than ever before. But when will you learn who's made the Longlist & Shortlist? Follow our Twitter account, our Facebook page or join our low-volume email list for ...