Diagonal partnered with Hassell to bring data to their latest research on the benefits and trade-offs of corridor design. We focused on Ecoducto Río de la Piedad, in Mexico City and explored how...

Palm oil production has been an important driver for the deforestation of the rainforests. But replacing the controversial raw material is difficult. If we weren’t meeting global oil demand through...

'My mark on Internet - My Data Selfie', as the name implies is an attempt to portray my quantified self on a digital medium in an entertaining way. The data selfie was created with a target of...

Through the years, Taylor Swift has changed her musical style drastically, going from country radio to pop to indie – and now, as she re-records her old albums, she is cycling through the genres...

A week before to receive the first dose of the vaccine for Covid-19 I was diagnosed with the disease. Guided by doctors to stay at home and monitor variations in temperature and oxygenation, I also...

Every year, Laudes Foundation publishes its annual report containing the institution's objectives, accomplishments regarding the previous years and challenges for the future. In 2021 we were proud...

This project is a visual essay called Game of Words. In it, I analyze and present narrative patterns in Russian state media during the war in Ukraine in a scrollytelling format. These findings...

Making with Data is a physical data-driven papercraft sculpture that serves as the cover of our upcoming book, “Making with Data: Physical Design and Craft in a Data Driven World.” The paper waves...

In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into orbit, Sputnik I. Its batteries kept it running for three weeks. However, the longest active satellite was put into...

Everybody know Van Gogh and colour yellow are intrinsically related. But, to what extent? Please note that the paintings are created pixel by pixel! Besides, each sunflower is a year and, each...

Australia's secret ballot voting system means we can’t figure out how individuals or specific groups of people voted. When combined with a paucity of fast-turnaround post-election public opinion...

Modum is a series of large format canvases that explore the rhythm of commercial activity. By plotting scraped business location data, a new kind of data landscape is created: a self portrait of a...

We revealed and illustrated widespread and systemic illegal logging by the Victorian government logging agency, VicForests, as well as the alleged complicity of its regulator, the Office of the...

Aretha Franklin’s genius redefined music and spanned genres, helping her amass 73 hits— songs ranked in a week’s 100 most popular by Billboard—over her 60-year career. Today her timeless talent...

The Tour de France is a very tough sporting event, possibly to toughest in the world - but which year was the toughest race? I've broken out factors that affect how challenging the competition and...

Mars has always been a source of marvel. It captivated ancient civilizations, its red hue setting it apart from other points of light in the night sky. Even in recent history, some suggested it was...

IN bioinformatics, RNA-sequencing is the norm for investigating transcriptome-wide gene expression. These data cover the expression of thousands of genes over many different tissues and conditions....

Clean water is often thought of as the driver of conflict. In certain situations, water is the victim; in others, it is a tool for cooperation. Yet its largest impact remains in the role it plays...

This work sprung from a database on the titles of papers of NBER programs. I kept only papers between 1980 and 2020, removed stopwords, and unified some terms. Then, I obtained the 5 most used...

Globally, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed lifestyles, personal habits, and created a deep chasm between “before” and “after.” We were interested in exploring how the pandemic affected people’s...

This interactive dashboard shows the differences between Afrobeat and Afrobeats (The music styles from West Africa) , most people often think both are referring to the same type of music and they...

Dozens of countries are evaluating or already using digital currencies. This project tracks the current worldwide progress in adopting the new money on an interactive map with innovative filters.

The datafication process that affects society allows us to witness the pandemic from a global perspective. This article provides an example of immersive architecture in which more than 600,000...

Climate change threatens the health of Canadians, and if we don't act quickly and address the root causes that put some people at increased risk, it could get worse over time. In 2021, the Canadian...

Earthquakes are one of the most common natural phenomena. Most of them are unnoticed by humans because they have low magnitudes. However, the massive tremblors can be devastating and deadly to...

Indigenous communities are the first victims of the drug trafficking business in Colombia. We set out on a journey among the Nasa people to tell two different stories about the unresolved question...

This was a data-driven story created in collaboration with Birdlife International and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force. It portrays how the conservation of migratory birds, which travel...

This visualisation captures my sporting hero Roger Federer, and how watching him as a young boy through to an adult helped shape my values through sport performance.

'CoViz-19: Part 2' visualises personal data alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘Roadmap to Freedom’, as part of the UK’s phased approach to ease out of lockdown. I thought this would be an...

In response to heightened violence against Asian Americans in the U.S., Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH) and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) have conducted a national...