Since 2000, China has provided upwards of $160 billion in development finance to the energy sector for foreign governments across the globe. To understand the scope and breadth of these...

Thoughts and sketches from the first two HBO seasons, in anticipation of the next. A work in progress to be continued!

This infographic was an experiment in visualizing the flow of emotions in Edgar Allan Poe's iconic poem, The Raven. Using the NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon to identify the prevalent...

How much money exists in the world? Strangely enough, there are multiple answers to this question, and the amount of money that exists changes depending on how we define it. The more abstract...

Superconductor is a web framework for creating data visualizations that scale to real-time interactions with up to 1,000,000 data points. It compiles to WebCL, WebGL, and web workers to unleash...

Every year, many Americans go to great lengths to get into the Christmas spirit. They carry trees into their homes, climb up onto various objects to hang strings of lights, and spend hours...

Applied Works conceptualized, designed and built Visi – an online dashboard that visualises real-time energy usage across London 2012 Olympic Park venues, Tower Bridge and the EDF Energy London...

This microsite is an accessible introduction to a historically inaccessible topic: city budgets. The tool allows visitors to learn about the Houston budget, build their own, and then share their...

The rights to privacy, free expression, and assembly are being eroded as states work to undermine the foundations of the free and open internet. This is brutally apparent in Iran where numerous...

This map shows where tiny, floating plants (phytoplankton) live in the ocean. Video: https://youtu.be/an2InOc_4Mw Data:...

As part of the celebration around the World Statistics Day 2015, and following the launch of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals Report, the United Nations Statistics Division announced the...

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, located in northern China, consists of Beijing and Tianjin, two directly governed municipalities, along with parts of Hebei Province. This region serves as China’s...

This visualisation shows the number of captive killer whales still alive in the US today. Amongst the 20 Killer Whales in captivity in the US that are still alive today, all but one are...

These two infographics were part of a series of infographics I created for the book "Wedged" by Erik Fogg and Nathaniel Greene (available on Amazon, the abortion infographic is the only one...

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...

Not all markets are the same, nor are individuals. TNS took a comparative look at the four personas of the connected consumer in the UK and China for our 2014 Connected Life campaign, showing that...

Miner’s Walk is an interactive documentary exploring the lives of Indonesian miners who trek the steep slopes of the Ijen Crater in search of sulphur. In recent times the Ijen Crater has...

Radiohead has been my favorite band for a while, so I am used to people politely suggesting that I play something “less depressing.” Much of Radiohead’s music is undeniably sad, and this post...

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On these pages you will meet Monroe Nathan Work, who lived from 1866 – 1945. This website is a rebirth of one piece of his work, although he did many great things. In his career, he felt compelled...

"Groovescape" transforms auditory data into a visual experience. The user is given the opportunity to have his individual Spotify playlists displayed as a shimmering tornado. The shape and dynamics...

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...

The world will not end hunger until girls and women are empowered. Empowerment relies on annual data to track the issues that matter most. The United Nations has defined a set of 52 indicators...

The Guardian began investigating Homan Square, a secretive Chicago police warehouse, in February 2015. After launching a transparency lawsuit, the Guardian has forced the Chicago police...

A data-driven portrait of UAE’s milestones, population, and GDP over 50 years. Data is powerful. When used correctly, it can tell an even more powerful story. Using 379 data points i.e. 50 years...

“More pets than children? A look at Taiwan’s superaged future” is a visual essay exploring the aging population of Taiwan, which is so extreme that in 2021 there were more pets than children under...

Trickle down is about climate and injustice. It visualises differences, and also some similarities, between the carbon emissions, climate risk and climate vulnerability of high-GDP and low-GDP...

This project is a recreation of the original Statistical Atlas of the United States with current data. Using similar styling, the data portrayed is publicly available and comes from government...

An analysis of your favorite sci-fi movies from the ‘80s. Rediscover all the sci-fi movies from the '80s in this visualization showing the connections between movies and main actors. Explore...

Access to good-quality affordable housing is a fundamental need and key to achieving a number of social policy objectives, including reducing poverty and enhancing equality of opportunity, social...