What are investors looking for in companies and founders? The data looks at 890 U.S. startups that were founded from 2009-2015 and received at least $20 million in VC and other equity funding.

India’s Unicorn Club showcases the remarkable growth and evolution of Indian unicorn companies from 2011 to 2022. A "unicorn" refers to a privately held startup that has achieved a valuation of $1...

This project collects medical material into a visual design, which includes information charts, posters and app interface presentations. We feature ten main organs, and the most common diseases for...

The visualization returns a map of the thirty countries that receive more aids from the European Union. The size of the countries on the map are changed in proportion to the funds received....

We categorized songs in the Billboard Top 10 to see if love songs are on the decline.

Degrees of Uncertainty is an animated data-driven documentary about climate science, uncertainty, and knowing when to trust the experts. Using cinematic depictions of past and future climate...

Flourish is a next-generation platform for data visualisation and storytelling. It allows anyone to quickly produce world-class interactive graphics and stories from their data using an...

Total War is an illustrated account of the most pivotal historical episode of the 20th century: the Second World War. This authoritative, immersive account of a conflict that forever reshaped the...

America has a love affair with pickup trucks. For the last 40 years, the Ford F-150 has been the best selling car in America, but during that time trucks have shifted from humble workhorse vehicles...

A series of maps explain how President Assad’s military – backed by Russian warplanes – have been waging a harsh campaign against an array of rebel factions in Syria’s bloody conflict. The...

In the map “City of Women”—which appears in the forthcoming book “Nonstop Metropolis,” a creative atlas of New York City that I co-authored with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro—we tried on what it would look...

This interactive dashboard encourages users to focus on one area – a country, region, or income level – and see how it compares to its counterparts across a wide range of metrics. It provides...

Politicians are elected to serve in the Bundestag for four years. But not everybody is staying until his or her term’s end. The interactive graphic shows every case since the founding of the...

An exploration of search patterns during election years. More information: https://truth-and-beauty.net/projects/waves-of-interest

The artwork shows a possible new structure and reorganization of the U.S. Army, from redistribution of expertise in new military units, to definition of the aspects and equipment to enhance,...

30° is a data visualization of marine data in the form of an installation. The measurement data originate from the thirtieth longitude and are printed in chronological order in small typography on...

The first massive open online course, or MOOC, launched in September 2008 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Via the web, anyone could attend the class on learning theory, and 2,000 people...

PayPal was founded in 1998. Over the course of four years, its founders guided the online payments service provider to one of the biggest tech companies in the world, before being acquired by eBay...

This visualization explores the story of Nobel prizes through years. Visualized for each laureate are prize category, year the prize was awarded, and age of the recipient at the time, as well as...

This visualisation is about Italo Calvino, one among the most well-known and studied writers in contemporary Italian literature. This network-graph visualisation depicts the mental library of the...

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Climate change continues to pose a significant challenge, especially in India which is highly vulnerable to climate extremities. However, active steps can be taken to mitigate the effects of...

The visualization is designed to help users easily find out most deadly cuisines according to most commonly infected food types.

When Didi Chuxing merged with Uber China in a $35 billion mega-merger it further complicated the already interconnected world of ride-hailing, tech, and transportation. Business Insider compiled...

A visualisation of search trends and patterns for health issues via Google searches. The project explains how seasonal factors can affect the interest in certain diseases and tells the story of...

The Fallen of World War II is an interactive documentary that examines the human cost of the second World War and the decline in battle deaths in the years since the war. The 15-minute data...

VR-Viz provides high-level react components to generate 3D visualization in webVR. It also gives a framework which follows a layered approach to describe and construct visualizations in a...

A project that visualizes news coverage of murders in Mexico. A Machine Learning algorithm was created and trained to locate, collect, and analyze news stories online. After the data was filtered...

In 2020, the western monarch butterfly population catastrophically declined to its lowest numbers since counts began – from 1.2 million in 1997 down to fewer than 2,000 butterflies. I created this...

The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate. Amid deforestation, pesticide use,...