To illustrate the destructive power of Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombs we analyze the impact the Fat Man bomb would have on modern cities. We indicate the radiuses of destruction of our hypothetical...
When numbers get into the billions or trillions, they start to lose context.
The U.S. national debt is one of those numbers. It currently sits at $19.5 trillion, which is actually such a large...
Most movies make the majority of their profits in the first few weeks after release. A nomination for the Oscars could change this dynamic dramatically, but only for some. The nomination puts...
The Goldilocks principle states that something must fall within certain margins, as opposed to reaching extremes. When the effects of the principle are observed, it is known as the Goldilocks...
From Afghan training camps to the Islamic State - this is the comprehensive map for 37 years of terror acts performed by various Islamist groups around the world. We track the story and roots of...
Although the Force is vague and entirely fictitious, this infographic identifies, measures, and categorises use of the Force of the first 6 Star Wars movies.
Intersections of major roads have been given nicknames like “mixing bowl,” “spaghetti junction,” and “knot”—invoking images of tangled messes, but there's beauty in the chaos. Applying colors...
This story features an agricultural project from Uganda. A team of scientists joined 358 farmers who sourced the data themselves for this project. In two districts they tested the best bean they...
StrategyBlocks is the leading SaaS-based solution for strategic planning, management & execution. The platform merges quantitative & qualitative data via a system of cascading ‘blocks’ for...
To sum up the key character’s journey in an entire movie into a single picture, these maps show all the places where the plot takes place, as well as a joining thread showing the movement...
The pressure is not only a psychological disease, also a response of body’s ‘war footing’. Realizing the accumulated stress has important significance for health life. Using visual information...
Developers spend countless hours creating the code that lies behind the scenes of almost everything we do. But the code itself often remains unseen. Our objective is to engage and celebrate...
This tool presents biological data for all 55 distinct salmon populations found in the Skeena River watershed, as well as maps of current human and environmental pressures on freshwater and...
Our bodies are extraordinary. They contain elements that have a commercial value, megabytes of data, and trillions of cells, most of which aren't our own.
Discover the popularity of some of the world’s favourite foods - from global classics to local favourites - as tagged on Instagram. Use the interactive map to discover Instagram’s capital of curry,...
Progress and Challenges with Achieving Universal Immunization Coverage: 2015 Estimates of Immunization Coverage. A report for the World Health Organization with data visualization from Stamen.
The Subspotting project captured the cell phone reception for the 4 major carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint) along the 660 miles of the New York City Subway. Subspotting is the first...
I can't read music but I can parse it. The talent of reading music has always escaped me which is a little ironic considering I grew up in a musical family. However, I've always enjoyed how sheet...
Eye of the Stormers is a collaborative project between Bastille and Spotify, as a companion piece to their new album, Wild World. The more times a city streams Bastille's music on Spotify, the...
Cities in Europe – Facts and figures on cities and urban areas
The publication ‘Cities in Europe’ contains 13 infographics that show facts and figures on recent urban developments in the context...
This comprehensive infographic manual uses infographics and visualizations to reinterpret William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”. It deciphers existing content using the lens of...
On July 21, 2016, Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination at the RNC. Since the beginning of the primary season, Trump has been accused by pundits of...
During the 2016 Australian election, ABC News ran an interactive tool that helped voters see how their views compared to the candidates' policies. More than 1.3 million people used the tool during...
On the 10 of January the great musician David Bowie died. Several web portals published the lists of the critics favorite songs. So 3 very different in many ways (political views, social aspects...