The Sumerian King List is an ancient document written more than 3,000 years ago. As its fragments were discovered in the 20th century, this important document about the early history of Mesopotamia...

“Pizza Napoletana doesn’t have inventors, nor fathers, neither patrons, It’s the fruit of the Neapolitan people together.” - Antonio Pace Did you know that you need to get certified to make true...

In our previous research, we investigated different areas of the Facebook dispositif: algorithmic and human labor, the digital infrastructure behind the social network, and the exploitation of...

Map of the sites and venues of the 2024 Paris Olympics

PhotoViz is a presentation, curriculum and book about the overlap between photography and data visualization. From a talk at Webstock, the concept matured into a class at NYU’s ITP before being...

Clayton Kershaw was one of the best pitchers in baseball in the first half of the season. We analyzed more than 1,600 pitches to illustrate his tendencies. We also allow readers to explore the...

A fascinating look into the effects of non-native, invasive species of bugs and insects on the environment and the science of eradicating them.

If you were a piece in a game of chess how long would you survive? In this visualisation I put you at the disposal of the greatest chess players in some of their most famous matches but will you...

The 114 winners of the Literature Nobel Prize since 1901, in chronological order by year of birth. Each winner is featured with: year of birth and death, year of first and last publication, year in...

Can data visualization help you cope with confinement? My name is Noemi, I am divorced and I am the mother of two children who, during the 2020 confinement, were 12 and 13 years old. This...

On my flight to Lisbon, ready to start a new exciting, but scary experience alone, I sketched this idea I had for a handmade data visualization in my notebook. From that first moment, I kept...

This chart illustrates U.S. Federal Government Outlays (discretionary and mandatory) from 1962 through 2023 forecasted as two animated pie charts.

“I’m not always a fan of ‘on-the-nose’ visual metaphors. But here the sensitivity of the data leant itself to more impressionistic / artistic display. Rosamund’s approach really works and subtly...

Comparing the different types of space usage in Berlin, it soon becomes clear: It's a political question how much space the city is willing to use for what purpose. Are forests more important, or...

"Nation Master", a website dedicated to collecting statistics published around the world, managed to create an alternative list of things that countries excel in - a list that will not glorify...

An infographic detailing the education of all Labour party leaders since the party's inception.

This application generates a random medieval city layout of a requested size. The generation method is rather arbitrary, the goal is to produce a nice looking map, not an accurate model of a city....

To understand what the gap means in people's every day life, I compared the time it takes for men and women to earn those wages. In each occupation, how many weeks at a male's average salary does...

Detailed accounts of the daily lives of Israeli settlers in the West Bank are relatively limited, obscuring their very different lived reality compared to Palestinians residing in close geographic...

Global language loss on a catastrophic scale is increasing in likelihood, with vulnerable language numbers rising in every continent, every country, and every corner of the world. Indeed, 3,078 of...

  The visualization represents the prices ($ US) of several sets of illicit goods, around the world, organized from left to right according to their economic value. Whenever possible, it’s given...

Since 2009, 45th U.S. President Donald J. Trump used Twitter as a platform to share his thoughts, attack opponents, praise allies, and make numerous false statements while avoiding...

The project aims to actively respond to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) @sdgaction’s call for urgent and necessary measures to protect endangered animals. Recognizing the growing need for...

The chart uses 9 chord diagrams to visually depict communication patterns among the 9 key characters in the iconic US TV series, "The Office." The varying widths of connecting lines portray the...

Michelle Rial's peculiar and humoristic take on Google search data.

Visualizing the annual literary awards for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements.

Explore the Marvel Cinematic Universe like never before! Each main character and actor is connected to the movies they appear in, allowing you to see the connections between your favorite Marvel...

Our OS Maps users created over 300,000 public routes across Great Britain in 2018 (covering some 2,950,000 miles…) and we were curious to see where you most (and least) enjoy exploring. The...

41% of the total area of all lakes on Earth is on the North American continent (615 899 square km), whereas only 2% is in Australia. Lakes are key indicators of climate change. They are monitored...

Thousands of meteorites have collided with the Earth since 2500 BC. 45,716 have been recorded. Only 1,107 have been seen falling. BOLIDES is an attempt to visualize and explore the meteorites that...