Earlier this year, my friend Elijah made a bold claim: that most people in data visualization end up leaving, because there’s something wrong with the current state of the field. It stirred quite a...

Last April was the 50 years anniversary of the first call done by Martin Cooper using the first mobile phone in history, which was big as a brick. I wanted to find out more about that first model,...

Connecting Speckles is a data selfie. A data selfie is a visual representation of oneself with an underlying narrative or theme of what the individual wants to convert about themselves or a...

Search popularity, or how frequently a term is searched in proportion to all other queries for a given location, can reveal what excites or interests the underlying population. This...

The Colours of TinTin is an abstract representation of the 24 book covers of the 'Adventures of TinTin' and homage to 'Ligne Claire', a style of drawing pioneered by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi...

The GA4 Swift from Playfair Data addresses the challenge faced by organizations this year following the introduction of Google Analytics 4 ("GA4"). In GA4, reporting is now organized around...

This visualization represents all the described species of birds in the world (11,188 species, based on 2022 data), although this number is likely an underestimate. Each element in the...

This was the first approach of data visualisation for the Sabinal River Regenaration project in Chiapas, México. The image relates geographic and mobility information that would be the foundation...

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Urbanization's effect on snake populations exacerbates the conflict. This research aims to investigate the multifaceted nature of snake-human conflict, unnecessary snake killings, and snake-bite...

I like darts alright... I think it's good fun to watch. When browsing Youtube, I came across this particular match, the Grand Slam of Darts Semi-Final in 2013 between two legends of the game,...

Credentials to see closed content in EL ESPAÑOL: User: [email protected] Password: usuarioee On July 23, 2023, general elections were held in Spain, which were advanced by the...

The Cabinet Office commissioned TNS BMRB to disseminate the results of their survey based on the public perspective on community and charitable giving. We interpreted these findings in the form of...

I picked the 24 cities based on a balancing act of the following criteria: Cities with data-rich sources (some of the best historic data happens to be provided by international airports in...

In 2019, we were contacted by Ilmueo, a data science company, to collaborate with them in finding a way to create a powerful visual experience that highlighted all projects that they have done...

“What’s Really Happening” is an informational graphic poster describing a typical female college student lifestyle. The intent is to show the reasons and meanings behind different behavioral...

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Looking back, we know quite a bit about who has been put to death in the United States. We know that the last person to be executed was Jerry William Correll, who died five days ago by lethal...

The 3D view of the solar system shows how small and precious the Earth is.

Who would the rest of the world vote for? A data-driven digital experience visualizing “soft” and “human” data to discover the world’s interest in the 2016 US presidential candidates. By looking...

This Emergency Calls dashboard, optimized for mobile devices, illustrates prevalent incidents occurring within Atlanta, Georgia, and identifies specific locations to dispatch service assistance. It...

This map visualizes the craters of the moon in all their imperfect glory.

A visual representation of the number of Iraqis estimated to have been killed as a direct result of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The chart compares the official estimates against UK public...

This data visualization explores the age of buildings in New York City by decade, from the early 1800s until the 2020s. It uses geospatial data, tracing the blueprints of every building in NYC....

The Office for Creative Research is a multidisciplinary research group exploring new modes of engagement with data, through unique practices that borrow from both the arts and sciences. OCR...

From the mundane to the unexpected, here is a look at products that businesses associated with the Republican presidential nominee have imported since 2007.

The IMDb ratings of the Original, Prequel, & Sequel Star Wars films (those released as of 30th May 2017). Hovering over the x-wings provides more information about each film, hovering over the...

This is a visualisation of my own Netflix data, which is available to any user. This project was developed as part of my coding learnings, purely to explore animation using D3. That ended up being...

What lobbyist are you? This infographic prompts the user to answer questions about climate and energy policy and identify to an organization (NGO, company or professional organization) who shares...