Alberto Cairo's weblog on visualization, infographics and data journalism

Prince was much more than a prolific musician. Besides giving rise to the "Minneapolis Sound," he also had an exceptional eye for spotting talent. He created numerous musical groups and wrote hit...

Holobiont Urbanism is a research endeavor that sets out to study, map, and visualize the microbiome of New York City, in order to reimagine the city as more than a vast metropolis, but rather as a...

Interactive visualisation of US unemployment data, broken down by gender, race and education level.

Body mass index, from 1984 to 2014.

Explainer motion graphic outlining information behind the death penalty

Since the retirement of Nasa’s Space Shuttle in 2011, Soyuz has been the sole means of transportation of crew members to the International Space Station to this day (2016). This graphic attempts to...

Data-driven analysis of the Social Security Administration’s data on American baby names showing that the film franchise has definitely moved the needle on naming trends in the US.

This is a visualization of the Republican primary elections in 2016. In this elections, each state has its own system of dividing delegates over candidates. This visualization allows to experiment...

Around 1.9 million people work in creative occupations across the UK, which is approximately 6% of total employment. But where do these creatives live? And do some areas of the UK have a higher...

Animated time series of mass shootings that occurred during 2015 in the united states.

Last year almost 4 million babies are born in the US. Although thinking of 4 million unique names is pretty difficult, theoretically it is not impossible. Nonetheless, there are always many...

This research aims to understand the general design shape elements of a trendy logo by classifying and visualizing the logo trend data with design characteristics, and to interpret the changing...

The Haute Route is the pinnacle of amateur stage riding. Set on closed roads over extremely challenging mountainous routes, it also boasts pro-level timing and support.

The nature of the data being represented concerns migration patterns to Johannesburg from across all South African provinces as well as living patterns within the physical space of Johannesburg...

Information design is to use reasonable design methods to analyze and organize the data and information, and make the data, passing on the information in a reasonable way, let the complex noise to...

Artwork for "La Lettura", the cultural supplement of "Corriere Della Sera". The visualisation shows the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism awarded in the last 100 years. The main topic for each winning...

675 people have been shot and killed by police in 2016. This database is based on news reports, public records, social media and other sources.

In celebration of the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this month, Visa looks back look back at major historical and cultural milestones in the Olympic and Paralympic Games since 1986.

Real-Time Accumulation of Wealth

This research facilitates the understanding of each node’s features through Heatmap visualization in creating network visualization, and suggests a clustering of nodes by connecting the sentiment...

A timeline showing the fall of one of Europe's most iconic financial institutions. 

The last star that survives before the universe turns dark will very likely be a red dwarf. This video explains what makes red dwarfs special and why they might be humanity’s last resort for a new...

LEO Pharma are currently launching PSOREAL, the largest global non-interventional study of topical psoriasis treatments. By raising awareness within LEO Pharma and among investigators, this...

The birth of the printing press not only revolutionized education and knowledge, it also reshaped the design of letterforms. This opened up a whole industry for printers-scholars, type cutters, and...

This infographic shows the amounts paid by football clubs and charged for players in the summer of 2015.This work allows other readings on the four major European leagues: the size of each or the...

Exploring the punctuation in literary classics

This poster was created as a piece of merchandise to accompany the Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology series on YouTube. The poster is a comprehensive and humorous look at human anatomy. The...

Play this one-minute infographic animation to discover the history of the tea bag and how many people prefer milk and sugar in their cuppa.

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...