Introduction: In his 2004 book Perilous Times, Geoffrey R. Stone observes that with respect to free speech rights in wartime, “Time and again, Americans have suppressed dissent, imprisoned and...

The “Tokyo Eat Map” is an experimental data visualization in 3D with a “meta” reference to the data it displays. It represents the density of restaurants in central Tokyo on a map, morphed into...

This infographic shows 12 foods and their popularity among our most successful users of MyFitnessPal in terms of weight loss.

Interactive visualisation depicting the structure of the lower house of the Federal Assembly [parliament] of Russia, bringing to light the intricate positioning and repositioning of parliament...

FOMO, or the fear of missing out, is the uneasy and sometimes all-consuming feeling that you're missing out—that your peers are doing, in the know about or in possession of more or something...

This is a visual information map of the tour around Yellowstone Park. A tour route was drawn up in the information map, including nine recommended sites. How far are they? What are the recommended...

Updated automatically every day, a zoomable, interactive mind map showing popular Twitter hashtags and how they are all connected. Drill-down into top tweets and users related to individual tags...

Planet Earth is this solid thing you are standing on right now. In your everyday life you don't really waste a thought about how amazing this is. A giant, ancient, hot rock. How did it come...

In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions. Keep scrolling....

I got curious about understanding whether pub names in the UK can tell us a little bit about the people who drink there. So I produced a bunch of maps that would help investigate this. Some names...

Between January 1st and November 15th 2014 in Costa Rica, 7,957 earthquakes were recorded. That is an average of 25 a day, this is a visual analysis of that data.

Our submission visualizes a recent estimate by the Population Reference Bureau of the staggering number of people who have ever been born. Even though ‘modern’ humans have been around for at least...

This wallchart is a celebration of global typography. It compares every major writing system used in the world today (as well as a few key historical ones) and is comprised of over 2000 symbols in...

From Seeds to Harvest is a data visualization project commissioned by The Kendeda Fund to commemorate the foundation's 30-year philanthropic legacy of over $1 billion in grantmaking. The...

A set of colorful maps visualizing the first or last letter of each country's name. In addition, small multiples for each letter (that appears at least once as the first or last letter,...

FlowingData explores how statisticians, designers, data scientists, and others use analysis, visualization and exploration to understand data & ourselves.

From the United States military to the Filipino government, data breaches can affect companies, public-sector agencies and organisations of all types. This infographic charts some of the most...

An interactive data visualization project that presents 16 post-communist prime ministers of Romania and the main indicators that defined their mandate, along with Parliament seat distribution by...

This is a multiplatform project composed of a poster and a web application that explores the relationship between the time dedicated to work and the degree of perceived happiness of people aged 30...

This is an interactive visualization of a thesaurus – the view highlights the relationship between central search word and its reference to other words used within the dataset. A query word is...

In the aftermath of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, millions were displaced, and once bustling communities became husks of their past selves. While the emptiness of these places is...

In a society riddled with little to no minority representation in media and academics, this infographic brings to life the recognition of underrepresented racial groups. As civil rights movements...

As a Veterinarian-turned-Medical-Illustrator, I’ve often struggled with how to clearly explain – to me and everyone else – how I transitioned from one career into the other. As a personal project,...

With the fine weather on everyone's lips this summer, I decided to investigate if this really was the best summer ever. I sourced data from Met Eireann—the Irish meteorological service—and used...

Eight years. 533 campaign promises. Tracking the record of President Barack Obama.

Why not combine my love of data with my love of sewing and embroidery? Creating an embroidered viz has been on my list for awhile, so I decided to create a personal project that shows a snapshot of...

Federica Fragapane collaborates with La Lettura as information designer. The visualizations collected in One Year of Visual Narratives are part of an experimental research process and deal with...

About the illustration Though the idea that playful learning should have a central role in schools is gaining traction, the reality—apart from early childhood and recess—is that learning through...

This project aims to activate and tune smartphone users’ material intelligence through stories and objects that provoke them to think about their relationship with their devices – and by extension,...

The changing shape of the world population pyramid, animated and explained. Published by The Economist. @petewinf