UK Political Parties: Do They Cut It?
Here in the UK, the election campaign has switched to economic matters. So that means a wave of abstract figures, jargonization and economic word-salad from the main three political parties.
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Colours In Cultures
What colour is happiness in China? Or good luck in Africa? Or anger in Eastern Europe? Are any colour meanings universal across cultures and continents?
Read moreCORRECTION & APOLOGY: Planes or Volcano?
We got our figures wrong on the CO2 emissions of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajoekull. Badly wrong.
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Fit To PerformCan work make you happy? Or does being happy make you work better? This is a little interactive piece we did with GE Healthymagination and The Economist. It uses survey data to explore the relationship between working and well-being. At work now? Have a play.Thanks to BreakfastNY for slick interactivity.
Read morePlanes or Volcano?
After three versions and much discussion, here’s the latest, corrected version of the answer.
Read moreWho Really Spends The Most On Their Military?
A story on the Guardian Datablog about unexpected results hidden in world-wide military budgets.
Read moreHow Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?
Recently, the UK government passed The Digital Economy Act which included many, perhaps draconian, measures to combat online music piracy (including withdrawing broadband access for persistent pirates).
Read moreThe Solar System Music Box
Ahhhhh schweet.
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What Does China Censor Online?
Read moreGreat Visualizers: Stefanie Posavec
I’ve long been an admirer of London-based data artist, Stefanie Posavec. So, when I started working on the Information Is Beautiful book, she was the first person I sought out for collaboration. By happy coincidence she lived around the corner from me.
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Tide PredictionI liked the look of this one from Wilfred Castillo. Can’t really perceive its function? But love the detail.
Read moreThe BBC-o-Gram
Recent controversy about the budget of the BBC here in the UK made me curious about its spending. Here’s the BBC-o-Gram, a visualization I created for the Guardian Datablog, exploring the costs of running one of the biggest broadcasters in the world.
Read moreSnakeOil? Scientific evidence for health supplements
A generative data-visualisation of all the scientific evidence for popular health supplements by David McCandless and Andy Perkins.
Read moreWhen Sea Levels Attack
It’s difficult to keep track of all this shifting information on sea level rises.
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The Billion Euro-O-Gram
Read moreWin 5 Signed Copies of Information is Beautiful!
My lovely book, Information Is Beautiful, is out in the UK (Amazon). To celebrate, I’ve teamed up with HarperCollins to give away five signed copies.
Read moreHaiti Earthquake: Who’s given what?
The global response to the Haiti earthquake has been extraordinary and generous. But in the midst of all the reporting, it’s difficult to keep track of the numbers.
Read morePhotographers Rights In The UK
Here in the UK, there’s been a recent spate of harassment and even arrests of innocent photographers by police invoking anti-terrorism laws.
Read moreWhat makes a successful online dating photo?
Dating site OKCupid uses data from their members to overturn myths about what makes a successful online dating profile photo. A fascinating & funny read.
Read moreGreat Visualizers: Mike Deal charts The Beatles
New York-based designer Mike Deal has a great project going visualizing The Beatles.
Read moreWhat Does China Censor Online?
The Great Firewall Of China.
Read moreWin Signed Copies of the Visual Miscellaneum!
The Visual Miscellaneum sold out in North America over Christmas. Woo! Thanks to all those who bought a copy.
Read moreClimate Change: A Consensus Among Scientists?
Off the back of the recent Climate Skeptics vs The Consensus image, we were curious how many scientists might make up ‘The Consensus’.
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Earth In SpaceThanks to Steve Haddock for that one. Apparently this map is secreted on Google Earth somewhere. Can anybody find a link for it? Thanks!
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