What are the chances of dying from firearms in America... versus lightning or a bee sting? When the asteroid DA14 sailed close to Earth in February 2013 (without impact), it inspired The...
Living Ruins is a fictional environmental campaign aimed to educate people about the multitude of benefits that coral reefs bring to tourism, fishing industries, coastline and biodiversity...
R. Crumb was responsible for sparking the underground comix (with an x) revolution of the '60s and '70s that brought satirical and adult-themed titles into the mainstream. He was one of the most...
This plot empirically teases out subtle differences between the words "geek" and "nerd". Two axes represent the words in different dimensions, and plot other English words according to their...
We visualize the Wiki revision history based on a History Flow, which is a visualization tool for a time-sequence of snapshots of a document in various stages of its creation. .
Although dialogue can be seen as a way to awake emotion in an audience, it also has a logical and constructive nature. It can be used as a way of seeing the overarching hierarchy and plot of a...
This timeplot is a visualization of the progression in political ideology of every House seat from 1789 to 2012. The main stream is made of more than 36,000 circles, each representing one...
Tech blogs. They don't agree on much. Apple Fanboys, Android Fanboys, Playstation Fanboys, Xbox Fanboys… the web is awash with people flaming each other about their choice of technology. If there's...
Through the work of Albert-Laszlo Barabasi I got interested in network science. The idea that there are similarities throughout social, technological and natural networks impressed me. After...
Comic-book superheroes battle bad guys. But the two main comic publishers fight commercially in even tougher ways. Alongside the release of 2013's summer superhero movies, The Economist produced a...
In this data visualisation, we chart the source material for the highest-grossing film every year since the original blockbuster, –Gone with the Wind' in 1939. Many were inspired by comic books, TV...
Every day, millions of people check in on Foursquare. We took a year's worth of check-ins in London, Chicago and Istanbul and plotted them on a map. Each dot represents a single check-in, while the...
Visualization for the New York Times Magazine on a project of the American art professor Hasan Elahi. The image represents his visual alibi for the year 2007 based on data from his Website.
Cartographers are tasked with making the physical world understandable through graphical display. Abstract spatial data is given context and translated through elements such as north arrows, scale...
We worked with the Iran Media Program to map a complex constellation of leaders and governing bodies involved in Internet censorship in Iran. It visualizes the relationships between different...
This work visualises nearly 95 million casualties of war from the 20th century. Data made available by The Polynational War Memorial make clear that war was a near-constant characteristic –...
Hubway is a bike sharing system providing over 1000 bikes and 100 bike racks available in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville. How many men and women cyclists are there? How old are they?...
Held every two years, the Gold Cup is CONCACAF's marquee tournament and a chance to crown a champion of North and Central American soccer. The 11th edition of the tournament provides a stage for...
In two centuries, the world has been dramatically transformed by a series of interconnected moments-the breakthroughs, creations, discoveries, innovations, revolutions and momentous human...
While Wikipedia is a most modern creation, its content reflects a historical accumulation of facts and attention. This map of London shows the density of articles in Wikipedia associated with...
Snakes reveal historical trend and highlight present situation. Snake heads (biggest bubbles) show current number while the tails show past. It balances the importance of present and history.
Using one very familiar profile (Her Majesty), this visualisation reveals the breakdown of the modern British army's active/volunteer/reservist personnel – in direct comparison to the Roman...
The Oberhaeuser calendar 2013 is a printed wall calendar 100x70cm big. Each color-ring represents one month of the year. Federal holidays (United States) are highlighted with an icon and white...
Over the course of one calendar year I recorded all of the beer I consumed. Keeping track of particular brands of beer, the types of beer, when it was consumed, and how many were consumed, this...
A map of Rome dedicated to horror movies shot during the years in the city. From "Profondo Rosso" by Dario Argento, to "Tomb Raider" played by Angelina Jolie.
With an Electronic Document and Records Management System the Tower Hamlets Community Healthcare Services will save up to 20% of their time spent looking for information stored in paper form.