For the December 2016 print issue, Scientific American asked Accurat Studio to develop a data visualization centered on the research paper “A Cosmic Hunt in the Berber sky: a Phylogenetic...

Visualization of CT-scan data from a block-lifted early medieval Alemannic grave staged in the style of a triptych. It has been printed on acrylic glass to be backlit and hence recollects an x-ray...

Using census data we created a voronoi tessellation of majority race data and then mapped it at the national and local level. Maps reveal macro- and micro-views of how people live in the United...

Every weekend, Shanghai People’s Park will be packed by groups of people, who are mostly middle aged and have children that they deem should get married soon, if not already late, and who're in...

The cities with the highest homicide rates are once again nearly all in Latin America

Journey with me... on a stationary bike. Several styles of indoor cycling classes are prevalent today; join me as I guide you through one of my typical classes, which I teach between bouts of...

Over the last few hundred years, maps have divided territory into political administrative units (countries, states, etc.). Newer spatial realities, however, are driven by the flow or inhibition of...

Information design is not about the gimmick, it is about improving communication and storytelling in partnership with the editorial tone, presentation style and journalism. Sky News Election Design...

This interactive data visualization shows all of the 5100 Olympic gold medal winners since the 1st Olympic Games of 1896 (and the current Olympic Records). They are ordered by sport, edition,...

An essential visual guide for pharmacists on the growth in the over-the-counter medicines market over the year, containing data on the key products that they need to be aware of and the key trends...

This data visualization shows the resistance of Salmonella and E. Coli in food, animals and humans, country by country. It is based on the results of the European Union summary report on...

This is an "interactive data comic narrative" of the findings of a survey conducted by the World Bank on the challenges women face in the quest for economic opportunity around the world.

This handout was used as a summary after our popular 'Choose Impact' event (where David McCandless was a speaker). The event aimed to raise the profile and importance of visualisation within the...

Data from the National UFO Reporting Center, compared against US Census Data and visualised - sightings per capita, sighting time, even trending shapes of UFOs. @John_M_Nelson

An interactive map to understand when New Year starts around the World, published on Il Sole 24 Ore http://www.infodata.ilsole24ore.com/2017/12/31/2018-entra-primo-nel-anno-ultimo/

This map shows the flow of all domestic freight between states in 2015 using data from the Freight Analysis Framework, which is a comprehensive accounting of all commercial freight movement between...

The path to power means checking certain boxes.

The First World War was initially dubbed the war to end all wars. Sadly, the world has witnessed more than 200 conflicts in the 100 years since. Poppy Field reflects on the human cost of war from...

Whether Pope, Merkel, Trump or the DiCaprio, they are all talking to us. But how exactly do they do this? "To the point(s)" is a rhetorical analysis tool revealing the speech strategies of today’s...

On July 21, 2016, Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination at the RNC. Since the beginning of the primary season, Trump has been accused by pundits of...

For most of the 12 million people living with disabilities in Iran, basic needs such as healthcare, education and transportation are inaccessible. One of the main reasons why is because Iran has...

Comic-book superheroes battle bad guys. But the two main comic publishers fight commercially in even tougher ways. Alongside the release of 2013's summer superhero movies, The Economist produced a...

Commissioned by Someone for Cancer Research UK, a data visualisation created for the cover of CRUK's 2016 Research Annual, showing the the far-reaching collaboration between scientists all across...

All solar flares laid over one another as you look at The Sun. Each flare is a circle. Since Feb 2002 there have been 115424 flares detected by the RHESSI mission. Most originate from The Sun...

From less than 100 meters to 828 meters, heights of skyscrapers in the world has grown 8 times in the past century. This graphic tracks the tallest building built every year, detailing its...

In demographic statistics the difference between the number of births and deaths is called “natural balance”. The infographic compares the natural balance of Germany's three biggest cities:...

  How many movies are actually about men? What changes by genre, era, or box-office revenue? What circumstances generate more diversity?

Eight years. 533 campaign promises. Tracking the record of President Barack Obama.