Want to see some of the best data-visualizations of the last year? Need inspiration for your data-design work? Fancy having your mind-grapes blended into psychedelic slurry?
Read moreDo any so-called “Superfoods” really have super powers?
Read moreOur global data-visualisation awards is gathering pace. Entries coming in thick and fast. Over $25,000 in prize money to give away.
Read more2013 is proving to be an amazing year for data-visualization.
Read moreThis weekend, Apple’s developer site was hacked. 275,000 logins, passwords and other records potentially compromised. Two days before that, popular open-source operating system Ubuntu had its forums hacked. 1.82 million records stolen.
Read moreWe’re about to kickstart this year’s global data-visualisation awards!Last year was a great success. Over 1,000 entries from around the world. $30,000 in cash prizes (thanks to beloved sponsor Kantar). Eye-popping creativity and diversity. Hell, even Brian Eno stopped by to judge. We had a ton of fun.
Read moreWith news of $billion-dollar tax evasions joining $billion-dollar bailouts and $trillion dollar deficits in the mind-boggled group mind, we thought it might be a good time to update the Billion Dollar-o-Gram.
Read moreA new deadly strain of “bird flu” – coded H7N9 – has broken out in the Shanghai area of China.
Read moreDue to popular demand, we’re bringing back our art prints store. But for one week only!
Read moreAs promised, our visualization of the major causes of death in the 20th Century – from disease to murder to mudslides.
Read moreToday is One Billion Rising protesting violence against women and rape, world-wide.
Read moreWhat were the greatest causes of death in the 20th century, our “worst century”?
Read moreAfter several months of backstage finessing, I’m super-pleased to announce our glossy new website.
Read moreA consensus cloud of 82 top 10 lists compiled by Metacritic.
Read moreWith Russian and Chinese populace gripped by fear of the 2012 Mayan apocalypse this Friday 21st 2012, we thought it might be time to update our End of The World? infographic exploring evidence from both skeptics and believers.
Read moreThere’s a new second edition of Information is Beautiful ( Amazon UK | US) out this holiday season. It features 20 new visualizations and over 20 updated infographics. I hereby pimp it.If you’ve already got a copy of the book, thank you! This is probably not a substantial enough upgrade to be worth a re-purchase.
Read moreThe recent climate change talks in Doha have emitted a gigaton of graphs, statistics and numerical predictions.
Read moreThe LOTR Project by Emil Johanssen. Statistics on the population of Middle Earth. Number of women. Average life span. Age distribution. Population demographics. Sooth! I thought was geeky…
Read moreLast night, at a packed party venue in London, we announced the winners of the inaugral Information is Beautiful Awards. Thank you to all our amazing judges, supporters, staff and our ever generous sponsors Kantar. And the biggest high-five to the 1000+ talented people who courageously entered their work.
Read morePsycho-dimensional infographic for navigating the psychotherapeutic conception of the individual self and its defences.
Read moreWe’re in the final stages voting for the winners of the Information is Beautiful Awards – and I really need your brains.The votes from the official judges votes are in – and man, it’s so tight. We’re biting our nails down to the wrist.
Read moreAre we the only intelligent, communicating civilisation in the galaxy? Tweak the statistical probabilities of the ‘Drake Equation’ and find out.A nice little interactive visualization we did for the BBC.
Read moreI’d like to invite you to review the official shortlist of the inaugural Information is Beautiful Awards.
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