The Climate Deniers vs The Consensus
A visual map of the arguments for and against human-caused global climate change. I’m fascinated by climate deniers.
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The Billion Pound o Gram
My latest visual piece for The Guardian, The Billion Pound O Gram, is a British cousin of The Billion Dollar Gram. It reveals the scale of the budget deficit in the centre of the British economy. SPOILER: It’s a big one..
Read moreThe Visual Miscellaneum: Errata
My beautiful book is out. Unfortunately a freak printing error has affected the text on 12 out of the 256 pages. I’m really sorry this has happened.
Read moreIs the H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Safe?
Some frequent questions about the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine answered as clearly and as visually as I could manage. A few people asked for this so I thought I would oblige.
Read moreAfghanistan: The Information Is Not Beautiful
I took a visual look at the casualty figures coming out of the Afghanistan war for The Guardian. It’s part of my effort to understand what’s going on there. It’s not easy reading. But I think it helps to give some context. See what you think.
Read more2012: The End Of The World?
A piece exploring the myths around 2012, Mayan Prophecy, geomagnetic reversal, The Long Count, consciousness shifts, Hunab Ku, galactica alignment, the Precession Of The Equinoxes, rogue planet Nibiru, solar storms, pole shifts, timewave zero, the return of Quetzalcoatl and THE END OF THE WORLD December 21st 2012!
Read moreInteresting, Easy, Beautiful, True?
I’ve been doing a few interviews to promote my book, The Visual Miscellaneum, and a question keeps coming up. What makes good information design?
Read moreVisualising the Guardian Datablog
I’m doing a regular weekly visualisation for the excellent Guardian Datablog, the front-end for an amazing library of statistics and data, lovingly hand-gathered by The Guardian.
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The Change In Carbon EmissionsAnother beautiful viz from Good Magazine. This time by Spanish viz supremo Lamosca. Twinned with Kyoto Targets.
Read moreThe Visual Miscellaneum
Would you consider pre-ordering my book? That way I can get it into more bookshops. And we can spread the good news about the amazing ALL-GRAPHIC FUTURE OF CIVILISATION THAT AWAITS US!
Read moreLeft vs Right
NEW: Limited edition signed prints of this image now available the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from my book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th).
Read moreHow Safe is the HPV vaccine?
I’ve been reading a lot about the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine and the risk of serious side effects and even death. I thought I would seek out the numbers and put them in context. Especially given headlines claiming the HPV jab is “as deadly as the cancer” it seeks to prevent.
Read moreWho Rules The Social Web?
Thanks to data gathering by Brian Solis. My data here.
Read moreKyoto: Who’s On Target?
There’s a lot of talk of a new world climate agreement in Copenhagen in December to succeed Kyoto. I wondered how the signatories of the first one were doing. Make up your own mind.
Read moreGreat Visualizers: Michael Paukner
I’m really loving this guy’s visualization style. And the esoteric subjects too. I’ve got a bunch of esoteria visualized in my book. Sadly, for me, I think Michael does a better job.
Read moreFatal Infection
A few people asked for this. And I was curious about it too. So here it is. Case fatality rates for well-known diseases.
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How To Get Replies Online DatingDating site OKCupid examined which words in an opening email to women increased or decreased the chances of a reply. Hilarious and revealing.
Read moreWhat Does Your Soul Look Like?
I’m trying to create a piece of interactive art. Can you help by drawing something? It should only take 5 minutes.
Read moreThe Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions
The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions
Read moreSurface Area Required To Solar Power The World
According to the United Nations 170,000 square kilometers of forest is destroyed each year. If we constructed solar farms at the same rate, we would be finished in 3 years.
Read moreGreat Visualizers: Good Magazine
Good Magazine is good. It’s a non-profit mag with a powerful eco-sustainability-we-can-do-this-together vibe. And when you subscribe, they give your money to charity!
Read moreSwine Flu Latest: Visualized!
With the help of the excellent Guardian Datastore, we’ve been tracking Swine Flu (“novel H1N1 virus”) as it creeps across the globe and starts to feeds into the autumnal ‘flu season. There are some surprising results.
Read moreTimelines: time travel in popular film & tv
Here’s a visualisation of time travel plots in various films and TV programs. I had a lot of fun doing this!
Read moreMore Truth About Twitter
Revisited If Twitter Was 100 People with some interesting new data
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