We’re hiring interns
Exciting year ahead for Information is Beautiful. So we’re on the lookout for a Data Research Intern who’s inquisitive, quick and handy with a spreadsheet.
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Cause Célèbre – Gender Split behind Celebrity Charity Work
At this time of giving and reflection, we wondered what might influence the choice of causes we support.
Read moreYour holiday drinks sorted: 78 delicious cocktail recipes, 1 glorious viz
78 classic cocktail recipes from the International Bartender’s Association’s list of drinks every bartender should know.
Read moreNon-Fiction Books Everyone Should Read – Interactive
Which books in fiction and non-fiction are an absolute must-read? We scraped data from respected awards, literary supplements & book review sites to create two interactive consensus clouds:
Read moreDiversity in Tech – Visualized
In response to a clarion call for diversity figures, many tech companies have released figures on the gender and ethnicity of their workforces. Facebook were first, quickly followed by Google and Yahoo. Several more giants of tech have followed.
Read moreWho Rules the Social Web?
We’ve updated our 2012 chart and data depicting the gender balance of various social networks.AnalysisSome findings, compared with the 2012 version of the graphic.
Read moreBest in Show? What’s the top data dog?
If you look at the numbers on intelligence, longevity, congenital ailments and so on, which canine comes out as top data-dog?
Read moreInformation is Beautiful Awards 2014 – The Results Are In
Last night’s third annual Information is Beautiful Awards celebrated dataviz at its most dazzling. Hundreds of entries were trimmed to a razor-sharp pack of outstandingly illuminating infographics, over which our judges deliberated long and hard. Now, with thanks to our generous sponsors Kantar, we present the winners.
Read moreWhat Powers the Sudden Legalization of Cannabis in the US?
This week, Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. joined Colorado and Washington State on the list of US states to legalize or decriminalize cannabis (marijuana).
Read moreInvest in Knowledge is Beautiful!
Exciting news! The US edition of our latest, lovely, lush infographic book, Knowledge is Beautiful, is out today. A collection of 196 of our best visualisations and a personal two year labour of love and intricate graphisme.
Read moreFeast on some of the world’s best data-visualisations & infographics of 2014
We’ve unleashed the long- and short-lists for the 2014 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards.
Read moreThe Microbe-scope – Comparing infectious diseases
A quick visualisation comparing infectiousness & deadliness of the major pathogens, including Ebola.
Read moreCommon Mythconceptions – World’s Most Contagious Falsehoods
A fun one for a Friday. Some of our most common myths & misconceptions.
Read moreWe’re Hiring! 1x writer, 1x designer
Rare opportunity to join our beautiful team.
Read moreKnowledge is Beautiful UK edition – out today
Knowledge is Beautiful: 196 new hand-crafted infographics and visualisations, free-ranging across many subjects areas: science, power, money, health, film, space, art, thought. Each with their own unique dataset available online. Enjoy!
Read moreRhetological Fallacies? Falacias Retologicas? Retorikai Felrevezetesek??
Remember our Rhetological Fallacies graphic? An index of most common errors and manipulations of rhetoric and logical thinking. It’s one of the most popular pages on Information is Beautiful ever.
Read moreWho likes whom in the Middle East? Key players & relationships
An interactive visualisation of key players & notable relationships in the Middle East created by David McCandless & Univers Lab. Part of the Knowledge is Beautiful project. Powered by our dataviz software VizSweet.
Read moreARRRRGHHWOOOOO!
That’s the sound of an author seeing their book for the first time… Just received the first physical copy of mine, Knowledge is Beautiful. Watch me ‘unbox’ it live. Will I laugh? Or cry?
Read moreAnnouncing the Information is Beautiful Awards 2014…
Get your dataviz entries into this year’s Information is Beautiful Awards by midnight EST September 8th.
Read moreKnowledge is Beautiful, my new book
After 15,832 person hours of effort over two years (yes, I tracked them), I would like to announce the completion of my new infographic ultra tome, Knowledge is Beautiful.
Read moreFlight Risk – Every Major Commercial Plane Crash of the Last 20 Years
An interactive visualisation of every major commercial passenger plane crash of the last 20 years.
Read moreIslamic Sects, Schools, Branches & Movements
Sunni? Shia? Hanbali? Ismali? Deobandi? Taliban? ISIS? A visual guide to the major & notable sects, schools & movements within Islam.
Read moreAntibiotic Resistance
A lot of fear and furore around the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. We took a look at the numbers.
Read more$5000 Dataviz Challenge: Design a Page of My New Book
I got stuck visualising a dataset for my new book, Knowledge is Beautiful (US & UK). I wondered if you could help?
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