In many Western countries, there is a significant divide between rural and urban attitudes. Does the same hold true for Germany? To find out, we took a closer look where people live and what...
This interactive visualization allows users to select their favorite adult beverage then helps them determine what type of that beverage is best paired with a variety of foods.
SaferGlobe, a group of researchers and peace activists, together with Futurice, a digital consultancy, bring transparency to Finland's arms export by creating a website with interactive arms export...
Originally held at Olympia in Greece between the 8th century BC and the 4th century AD, the Olympic Games returned in 1896 after a 1500 year hiatus. A few sports have been featured on every...
Nichelle Smith, an investigations team editor at USA TODAY, recalls attending a lecture at the Library of Congress in early 2018 where she listened to scholars discuss the landing 400 years ago of...
Infographics are commonly mistaken as a modern invention, but they’ve actually been used to captivate and educate minds throughout history. This motion video reviews the past and present status of...
The list of scheduled speakers at the Democratic National Convention is nearly twice as long and more diverse than the Republican National Convention last week. Here's how the speakers at both...
Some teams seem to always strike gold on draft day, while others just find rocks. (We’re looking at you, Cleveland.) Revisit the past 20 NFL drafts to see how adept every team has been at mining...
The effects of building a massive concrete wall range from increased emissions to expensive and potentially damaging climate impacts. This infographic was designed to raise awareness of this...
China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative will cost $4-8 trillion, affecting 62% of the world's population. See all about the megaproject in this graphic.
The visualization was made for the TidyTuesday weekly challenge. I experimented with different kind of maps and charts. I ended up using points on a spiral, which reminds of a tornado and shows the...
The grooming culture in the Arab world goes back centuries.
Harem existed for women to gather away from the sight of men and exchange information, stories, jokes, and experiences. Some rituals...
In 2012 I published a 6-panel infographic explaining the complexities of the Iranian internet. Today, more than ever, we know that censorship is not just happening in countries with oppressive...
A cotton data visualization showing a change in the ranking of cotton lint producers in a decade. Made using threads, needle and a cloth. The red threads denote a decline in the rank and the black...
Using data from Citi Bike, this interactive visualization gives the user a 3D look at all the trips taken with Citi Bikes one summer day in 2017. Filter trips by membership type or by trip origin,...
Cybersecurity content is often in service of a product. It is a young industry built on top of funding rounds, valuations and products. As an end user of cyber security solutions, it's not always...
The vision of the future of healthcare.
Patients will be engaged, providing them with smart technology so they can closely monitor themselves. They can have devices that will constantly measure...
Given that every mark in a vector image adds a bit to the file, the size of a vector file is a good indication of its complicatedness or fussiness. So when designers talk about a design being...
“Poltava, Сarl!” is a historical longread, filled with various maps, charts and pictures, dedicated to the 310th anniversary of the battle of Poltava. Both Russian and Swedish historians agrees on...
A report from ETH Zurich recently re-published by Harvard economics department, mapping out the various ethnic groups around the world. We were curious how this might compare with modern...
The interactive digital special project "Mercator. It’s a Flat, Flat World" tells the story of a famous map, published in 1569 by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. We describe the...
This is a project I worked on while I was an intern - mandatory internship part of my M.Sc. course - at DensityDesign Research Lab. I design and developed the website.
The project is a first...
Dutch conductor and musician Krijn Koetsveld is artistic lead of classical vocal ensemble Le Nuove Musiche. Together they constantly seek out confrontations between past and present. Their most...
Palm oil production has been an important driver for the deforestation of the rainforests. But replacing the controversial raw material is difficult. If we weren’t meeting global oil demand through...
Exoflags is a system that generates flags for newly discovered planets by using data collected about them.
To date, NASA and Caltech’s exoplanet archive contains data on 4,044 confirmed planets...
The traditional categories used for describing countries (Developed and Developing) do not provide an accurate description of the current status of any country. These categories were helpful in the...