From the minute a person quits smoking, their body goes into healing mode. I designed a temporal timeline of how their body is healing itself. My approach to this graphic is not a scientific...

In large expanses of the continental United States, spring is arriving earlier than in past years. In this graphic story for The Washington Post we analyzed first-leaf and first-bloom indexes, as...

NASA registered 2016 and 2017 as the hottest years in Hong Kong’s history. On August 22, 2017, the mercury soared, measuring record temperatures of 36.6°C, making it the hottest day since 1884....

The Veins of leaves, the wings of a dragonfly, giraffe body texture, land cracked cracks, honeycomb shape, all have the same unique mesh structure. The most accurate words to describe this...

Data visualization chart displays an overview of global geothermal heat consumption in households in between the year 1999 to 2015. The source of data is from the energy statistics database from...

A visual experiment that evaluates the evolving graphic symbolism of the United States, True Colors is a collection of flags generated from the 2016 American Community Survey. Each flag is based on...

Some names sound familiar, like Stephen Bannon and Donald Trump Jr., but most don’t.

The world famous Russian salad has a different name and a century long history in Russia, where it was invented by renowned french chef. This feature cherishes the favorite staple of national...

In February we released a project Our World in Data had been working on: SDG-Tracker.org, the first (and only, to date) resource where you can track our progress towards the United Nations...

A deep dive into dog breeding history and the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Dogs have been companions to humans for thousands of years and as the relationship has developed, so have various...

While doctors dream of one day perfecting medical treatments on digital clones of a patient, virtual organs are already being simulated in supercomputers. This documentary describes the efforts of...

Biota Beats is a microbial record player - converting the rich information of the human microbiome into sounds and visuals. Biota Beats explores the interface between art and science: through music...

PhoenixMap, a visual analytics system to help analysts understand spatiotemporal distribution patterns and anomalies of many objects. It focuses on solving quantitatively visualizing the spatial...

The Infographic wheel is a handheld design tool - also known as a volvelle - that helps a user select an infographic layout based on the characteristics of their data. Many professionals who work...

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere. 8.3 billion devices around the world automating our lives with the ease of AI. But, few understand how these systems work. That’s why we created the Watson...

A timeline of when the elements were discovered.

Two barrel graphs depicting CO₂ concentration of the atmosphere and the global temperature anomaly since 1958 and how they are rising with each other. Data is from GISS Surface Temperature...

This visualisation started as a personal interest in the Lost Property Office transparency data and was then proposed to and published by the Italian newspaper La Lettura. The artwork visualises...

How different are the songs from each year? This is a data visualisation showing the evolution of Billboard's top-charting music between 2007 and 2017. This was originally a university...

In the twenty years since its 1998 release, Joel and Ethan Coen's neo-noir buddy comedy 'The Big Lebowski' has emerged as a cult sensation. A yearly festival is devoted to the film and its...

Using maps and infographics, this publication shows water-related challenges and how these link to Sustainable Development Goals, quality of life, migration and conflict risks. The visualizations...

China formally announced the opening of its first overseas military base on August 1, 2017, the 90th birthday of the People’s Liberation Army, a day charged with symbolic meaning for Beijing. This...

Historical data and timeline of countries and how they perform in all Olympics.

A visual exploration of the trajectory of success for 25 of the most loved (and most unloved) movie franchises. The 'falling stars' chart shows each movie's audience and box office success,...

A big data revolution is reshaping the world – and transforming football. From the first kick to the last, football is flooded with datapoints giving fresh insights into player and team...

The experiences of female sex workers are widely misrepresented and misunderstood. This three-part series invites viewers to consider the experiences of these women including, 1) Risk factors that...

Academic affinities are one of the most fundamental hidden dynamics that drive scientific development. Some affinities are actual, and consequently can be measured through classical academic...

A timeline of five centuries of global Spice Trade that follows the journey of cloves and nutmegs from their source of origins in Indonesia throughout the world, while unfolding the historical...

Over the past 47 years the weather in Hong Kong has become warmer overall, and we now experience more hot and cold extremes every year.

The Bachelor franchise is one of the longest-running and most popular shows on television. We applied our visualization and analysis skills to boil down a single season of the Bachelorette to its...