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When Donald Trump swept to victory in the Electoral College on Nov. 8, perhaps no group was more surprised than journalists, who had largely bought into the polls showing Hillary Clinton was...

The production technique of velvet flowers is a traditional skill of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, and is one of the provincial intangible cultural heritage lists of Jiangsu Province. Velvet...

The Tide Prediction Infographic charts the Red Wood City Wharf 5 tide shifts for the entire month of June 2013.

This analysis and visualization is inspired by the most frequent question I got when I told people that I was a synchronized swimmer; "How long can you stay underwater?". I would try to explain...

Population ageing, driven by rising life expectancy, is a problem in all developed countries. Our interactive visualisation enables users to sort countries by life expectancy (purple circles). But...

A summary of fifteen thousand American Football games

The first high speed train connected the cities of Tokyo and Osaka in a train circulating at 200km/h. This visualisation takes a look at how the Tokaido Line has evolved.

The Governance Lab (The GovLab) aims to improve people's lives by changing how we govern. The research think-tank seeks new ways to solve public problems using advances in technology and science....

Aging populations have been an ongoing concern across the world in recent years, and the United States is no exception. This infographic in particular highlights how aging populations, exacerbated...

Illiteracy currently affects 7 out of 100 people worldwide leaving them disadvantaged and dependent on others. In this presentation viz I explore Illiteracy rates over the last 20 years

You don't care about your health until you get sick. You don't care about your pension funds until you retire. That's wrong on so many levels! So, let's change it! The financial education in...

When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to allay American’s fears of North Korea’s nuclear threat by saying, “Americans should sleep well at night,” we asked, should we? What would happen if...

The work shows the most common color of the Olympic Games symbol (5 rings) present in flags of countries that won at least one medal throughout the history of the Olympics. The countries that...

An Experimental 3D visualisation of the historic catastrophe, famously called The Great Fire of London. The areas affected by the fire are depicted on top of Modern day London (2017). Created with...

In collaboration with the NFL's 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Report, Playfair Data presents an analysis of occupational mobility patterns within the NFL. The annual study, now in its 10th year,...

An infographic covering an overview of the fight against tobacco use and its cost to society in the UK. Information was taken from the NHS, ASH and Kaggle. Additional graphics were taken from Flat...

A map showing all of the cycle paths in Netherlands using open street maps

This visualization aims to show the 10 countries with the highest number of forcibly displaced people between 2019 and 2023. It takes into account four categories: refugees, asylum-seekers,...

Israel’s politics have long been a kaleidoscope of parties split along ideological, ethnic and religious lines. @AdMeara

Deputy Head of Infographics for the South China Morning Post, Adolfo Arranz, uses historical data for his series of infographics about globalisation’s beginnings in the 16th century, when the...

A team of data and graphics reporters spent months talking with experts, analyzing and visualizing historical tornado data, and creating detailed explanatory graphics in order to explain a shift in...

Bicycle makers continue to produce lighter machines with better grip and more powerful brakes. Riders have been flirting with unheard of speeds during descents, touching 70 miles an hour. And...

On the Board is a groundbreaking new initiative of The International Women's Forum (IWF) and The George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) that aims to change these numbers. On the...

Land animals have developed countless solutions to a single challenge: how best to get from one place to another. Modes of travel vary depending on an animal’s size and environment, with the goal...

Many Australians understood the significance of the 2020 US presidential election, but not many of those would understand the system at the heart of it: the electoral college. To show our...

Combat sports are part of the fabric of Hong Kong culture, best represented by the city’s favourite son: martial artist, film director and actor, Bruce Lee. In this data visualisation we stake Hong...

I lost my best friend at the beginning of 2024. My beloved cat, Murzik, who lived with us for almost 13 years, passed away. It was hard to come to terms with it or move on, so I decided to create...

Lighting the Flame for Change, a visualization about the Paris 2024 Olympics, highlights the precedent and new standard it set for future Olympic games to come. We wanted to focus on five major...

This interactive visualization shows comparative data about national budget from 2008 to 2013. Each color represents the different politics of cost. Blue color, for public services costs; yellow...