What is a recommendation in the modern age? We explore this question with RecSys, a modern fable that examines through an every day event (a birthday party) the news ways we explore the world...

Respondents to polls say they expect their lives to improve with time. In general, they do not.

Using conflict data provided by ACLED and a gridded world population estimate compiled by CIESIN, "Most Dangerous Places" shows the number of fatalities per person in Africa and Asia, compared to...

A Voronoi diagram visualisation of air quality in Bristol, England.

How do Americans use their land? Bloomberg’s exploration uses a series of unique 8,000-pixel maps in a distinctive, scrolling web experience. A mash-up of the latest data from the U.S....

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,...

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...

"The Next Bechdel Test" was a months-long project searching for and testing ways to measure inclusion and representation in the American film industry. With input from professionals in and around...

This is a portrait of the Earth in time and space – designed to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Voyager missions which departed Earth in 1977 bearing a record of our existence etched into...

The genius of Ali Wong’s Netflix special.

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...

Most of the plastic waste that reaches the ocean comes from Asia.

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...

Interactive bracket breaking down every world cup finals since 1986. Explorable information includes goals and scorers, draw, results, squads, and more. This piece was also updated live during the...

The project shows a data vizualisation of all curse words and deaths used in recent Quentin Tarantino's movies, from Reservoir Dogs to Django Unchained. They are listed according to the time of the...

Park Life is a physical installation consisting of painted panels that visualizes the diversity of animal life found in five U.S. National Parks: Death Valley, Glacier, Grand Teton, Hot Springs,...

There is no discerinble relationship between height and power. Maybe world leaders really are larger than life.

Since the election, President Trump has made 31 specific claims about companies adding or saving American jobs thanks to his intervention. We went back to see what’s become of those announcements.

Exploration of the shape of hashtag conversations at Tableau's 2017 conference. The sonar chart type of each hashtag shows how the conversation evolved in each hour that someone tweeted about it,...

"Interactive map of the Gulag" is a visual representation of the history of the Soviet camp system, which was included in the world history under the name "GULAG". 

The data portrays the impact of workplace safety on employees and company performance. A safe working environment can maximize working time and productivity. It can also reduce the companies...

Diagrammm: Beyond the Image Data visualization has become a modern tool of communication that reveals a power of data. With it help stories hidden in figures could be told in a clear and...

Information visualization for La Lettura, Il Corriere della Sera Date of publication: 29|04|18 The visualization shows an overview of the cryptocurrencies market in April 2018. It relates...

Our annual Kuijpers family get together is approaching and this year I’ve been working on this idea to visualize my family tree in a more challenging way. And since I can’t memorize all family...

The movie is amazingly complex in its visual language. You can ultimately tear it apart, and each and any one of it has its own meaning. All action unfolds only in 5 places, the 6th one appears...

A timeline of the conversations between Earth and the spacecraft of the Apollo 11 mission from lift off to splashdown.

The interesting regularity of graphene was discovered by studying pencils, and a series of posters and sculptures were made. Lead in the pencil containing graphene with electrical conductivity and...

Using data visualization can improve the effectiveness of human rights work that involves data. In particular, combining data and visuals in the promotion of human rights enables advocates to...

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/