Announcing the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2017
The Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2017 is now open, celebrating the world’s most excellent information design. To mark our...
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What Streaming Music Services Pay
Spotify. Apple. Pandora. Compared &...
Read moreWe’re hiring
Two rare and excellent freelance posts have opened up at IIB: Digital / Software Project Manager on our high-end dataviz software...
Read moreUK Government Spending: Incomes & Outcomes
Election time again in the UK. All sides broadcasting assertive pledges backed by hazy figures. Here’s a visualisation that quantifies...
Read moreThe Mavericks & Heretics of Science
Meet 40 mavericks & heretics of science whose “crackpot” ideas were proven correct. Eventually. » See the visualization...
Read moreBased on a *True* True Story? Oscars edition
Oscar-nominated Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures & Lion are all “based on true events”. But which is truly the truest of them...
Read moreHans Rosling – the World’s Greatest Data-Storyteller
Very sad to hear that Hans Rosling has passed away. Such a grand ninja of dataviz. His spectacular talks convinced me that data stories...
Read moreInternational Number Ones
Because every country is the best at something – if you look hard enough for the data. Maternity leave? Scrabble players? Rubber...
Read moreThe Best Dataviz of the Year: The IIB Awards Winners 2016
Check out the winners of the Information is Beautiful Awards 2016. Tough contest. Some of the best work we’ve seen in the last five...
Read moreHelp pick the 2016 IIB Awards winners
For the year’s most eye-sizzling, thought-provoking data visualizations & infographics, check out the 2016 Kantar Information is...
Read moreLonglist announced: the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2016
More entries than ever before in the 2016 edition of our global dataviz awards. Here’s the longlist: » Data visualisation (a...
Read moreInformation is Beautiful 7th Anniversary “Micro-Retro-Edition”
For just $1.99 US or £1.49 UK own a special retro Kindle edition of our first infographic book, Information is Beautiful. (published as...
Read moreSenseless – Conflict Deaths Per Hour
Some of the most brutal and senseless conflicts go unseen and unremembered. Yet many give cause & context for modern events. Here...
Read moreNow open: the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2016
Announcing the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2016, celebrating the year’s most awesome data-visualization...
Read moreWhat is Meditation / Mindfulness Good For?
What is Meditation / Mindfulness? How do you do it? What’s the best method? How effective is it, according to the latest science?...
Read moreOur 2016 Workshops season: Learn to do Dataviz
Information is Beautiful founder David McCandless shares with you his dataviz method & process, tips & techniques, at Workshops are...
Read moreThe Hollywood In$ider – Data on every major movie, visualized!
An interactive data explorer for slicing and dicing data on over 1000 major Hollywood films of the last eight years. Look beyond box-office...
Read moreBased on a *True* True Story?
Visually explore your favourite “based on a true story” movies, scene-by-scene, beat-by-beat and test their veracity on a data level....
Read moreInformation is Beautiful’s Most Popular Dataviz of 2015
As 2015 comes to an end, have a dataviz reminisce with our most popular pieces this year. Common MythConceptions – updated &...
Read moreWinners: Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2015
All the winners & honourable mentions in one blog postThis year’s Information is Beautiful Awards is a treasure trove of outstanding dataviz. Thanks to our esteemed sponsor Kantar for...
Read moreGlobal Warming Solutions Currently On the Table
The latest climate talks start in Paris on 30th Nov. Here’s a little visual primer interpreting the feasibility of the various...
Read moreVote for your Favourite Dataviz of the Year
Here’s the shortlist for the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards. Some of the most striking, innovative and beautiful dataviz work...
Read moreWho Old Are You?
Career highs. Creative Zeniths. Big life moments. Average ages. Compare yourself to the peaks and troughs of the talented and famous…...
Read moreAnnouncing the Information is Beautiful Awards Longlist
2015 looks like another vintage year in the world of data visualization and information design. We celebrate and exhibit this awesomeness...
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