The 2017 Nobel Prize in physics went to gravitational wave researchers. Their instruments detected black holes and neutron stars were merging together in space, forming larger...

The "Radium Girls" were factory workers. Each day they would carefully paint the numbers onto various timepieces and clocks. The paint, primarily composed of a new radioactive material called...

What if Google searches were used to award points in the Eurovision Song Contest? What countries would make the final and who would cry victory?  

On Aug. 21, a total solar eclipse will traverse the contiguous United States. It’ll be the first to traverse coast to coast in nearly a century.

Migration Trail follows the journeys of two fictional characters: David, from Nigeria and Sarah, from Syria. Their stories are told via maps, data visualisation and social media, in real time over...

In June 2013 the scale of government mass surveillance of agencies, like NSA and GCHQ, were leaked by Edward Snowden. This project intends to raise awareness by designing a fictional monitoring...

This series of maps examines regional dialect variation in the continental United States. For each of the 122 questions in the Harvard Dialect Survey, the composite map shows which dialect variant...

As the urgency to address climate change grows, it is critical to examine the broader implications of the measures being taken to mitigate its effects. While near-global consensus supports actions...

Does your name affect your destiny? By signalling your class, gender or ethnicity, does it make certain careers out of reach? We looked at the most popular first names in a range of professions and...

This visualisation shows the bathymetry of the Atlantic Ocean as tessellated, path-traced hexagons, prominently featuring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The visualisation is created using the free and...

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,...

This project aims to give details of all the medals that Great Britain has won at the Summer Olympic Games, not just the type of medal but also whether male, female or open, and whether as an...

As Canada races to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, rooftop solar emerges as a transformative yet underutilized solution for doubling electricity production. With vast untapped potential, solar...

This infographic was commissioned by businessprofiles.com, a comprehensive database of business registration information online. The objective was to bring attention to the fact that Initial Public...

This special project is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the first and only flight of the spaceship "Buran". The analysis of the flight goes into detail about the most difficult stages of the...

The HERE Traffic Analytics suite of data products gives enterprises and government customers insights into what happens on roadways. It helps them make informed decisions, for example, on future...

The Economist's defense correspondent in 2013 revealed to the world how close Iran was to building a nuclear bomb. But it took a 3-page article to explain. So our graphics editor intricately...

Climate change poses many risks to human health one of which is increased risk of infections. This poster presents data linking climate change to viral infections. As a researcher I was keen to...

Chartable is a blog written by people who work at Datawrapper, a charting tool for journalists. Together with our readers, we explore how to create better charts and maps: What to consider when...

This visual displays data on violent events around the world that occurred on Christmas 2022. It's an ironic peice as we used images that unconsciously trigger joy in order raise awareness on the...

What if machines could write stories? What are the boundaries between creativity and automation? These are the questions I asked myself when I started working on 'Grimmz' - a fairy-tale generator,...

Cloisonné a kind of Chinese handicrafts, with history over 600 years. Cloisonné is an important variety of metal crafts in China. This information design is about the process of making cloisonné.

In the spring of 2020, I was in grad school and at work on a large-scale analysis of LGBTQ+ coming out videos that had been posted on YouTube. I'd recently heard another scholar refer to these...

Winds circulate around the globe, forming patterns of gigantic proportions. These patterns become part of human culture and are reflected in our architecture. By orienting on the direction of...

As a half-Cantonese foodie, dim sum holds a special place in my heart! I often enjoy dim sum dishes for breakfast or brunch, accompanied by warm Chinese tea and the lively chatter of a bustling tea...

This project has shows the proportion of women in politics in 193 countries in 2021. Self initiated project published as both a leporello and a poster. The goal is to draw attention to the low...

OilMap is an independent initiative to monitor the Oil & Gas industry of the world promoting transparency and accountability in decision making and investment. It's a web...

At present, there are more than 10 million patients with visual impairment in China, and the number is increasing. In recent years, the country has paid more and more attention to the vulnerable...

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...

Hundreds of thousands of drivers, millions of users and rides, billions in VC funding. After seeing the explosive growth of rideshare companies in India, in spite of so many challenges, the...