Month: March 2023

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Paul Kahn

Inclusion and Exclusion in Emma Willard, Maps of History

A critical look at Willard's depiction of American history and America’s place in the history of the world. Many of her choices are still with us in the way we view our present space and time.
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Jenn Schilling

Review: Making With Data, a Fascinating Dive Into The World of Physical Data Design

The book explores the world of tactile and hand-made data exhibits. It showcases inspiring physicalization projects and offers tips and tools to try your own.
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Cédric Scherer

The #30DayChartChallenge Is Ready to Kick Off

The #30DayChartChallenge is a data visualization community challenge to create a visualization on a particular theme each day in April. The challenge began in 2021 and is about to launch its third year.
Book cover: Title is "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power In America." Author is Philip Bump, National Columnist for the Washington Post. Text is black, set on a background that looks like a colorful sunset of blues (top), purples (middle) and yellows (bottom).P
Kyle Dent

Philip Bump: Telling the Story of the Baby Boomers in Charts

Washington Post columnist Philip Bump tackled a whole generation in his book, The Aftermath. He used 127 charts to drive the analysis and the narrative.
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Srini Kadamati

A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece

A deep look at how the Dark Sky weather app used simple but highly effective charts to report and contextualize the weather.
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Aida Horaniet Ibañez, Daniel Richter & Joëlla van Donkersgoed

From The Historical Archive To The Citizens: Visualizing Census Data From Brill Street in 1922

Inspired by historical census data from a former industrial city in Luxembourg, three researchers ventured into a project to turn population records into a tactile, 3-dimensional, and interactive exhibit.
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Alex Kolokolov

Recreating and Revising a Dashboard About Human Space Flight

A design exploration to improve a human space flight dashboard with a new layout and interactivity.
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Nightingale Editors

Three Questions with… Guillermina Sutter Schneider

Nightingale meets the dataviz community! Today, we're hearing from data scientist and information designer Guillermina Sutter Schneider.
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Liubov Popovets

Visualizing the Dream Life of Russians During Wartime

When war with Ukraine ignited last year, a Russian journalist and sociology students turned dream recordings into data visualizations.
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John Bailer and Rosemary Pennington

Submit a Data Visualization to the Stats+Stories Podcast Competition!

The Stats+Stories podcast is ringing in 300 episodes and 10 years of programs—and it is celebrating with a data viz contest! Here are all the details.
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Milán Janosov

What ChatGPT (and Humans) Say About Data Science Trends

Milán Janosov asked ChatGPT about data science. Then, he analyzed Twitter to see what humans think about the topic. Here's how they compare.
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William Careri

The Challenge of Designing Nuclear Waste Warning Markers to Last 10,000 Years

A group of experts had to propose visual warning markers for a radioactive waste site. Their design needed to be comprehensible, durable, and timeless.