Month: January 2025

The image features a stylized, layered design against a teal background. On the right side, three profiles overlap in a vertical composition, each depicted in contrasting hues. The largest, a dark silhouette, forms the backdrop, exuding mystery. In the middle layer, an older man with glasses is rendered in warm orange tones, suggesting experience or introspection. The foreground features a younger man holding a drink with a straw, depicted in muted red tones, hinting at a more immediate, casual presence. Behind the figures, faint fingerprint patterns create texture and reinforce a theme of identity or investigation. On the left side, partially visible textured bars resemble those from a bar chart, subtly blending data visualization elements into the design. The overall tone conveys a narrative of depth, complexity, and discovery.T
Johanna Blom

Three Minutes and Forty Seconds: A Slow Horse Running

In Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, River Cartwright spends exactly 3 minutes and 40 seconds running in Season 1 alone. This observation started as a joke..
A continuation of the timeline with global milestones like Margaret Thatcher becoming the UK’s first female prime minister (1979) and the passing of the Women’s Business Ownership Act in the U.S. (1988). The timeline connects events with curved lines and labels categorized by their focus areas.C
Selma-Rachel Swire

Charting Progress: Mapping Women’s Advancement in Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion

In 1985–the year I was born–there were only two women holding the role of CEO at Fortune 500 companies. To date, 52 women now hold..
The image shows four grid visualizations demonstrating different distortion techniques. The top-left panel, labeled "Regular Grid," depicts a standard Cartesian grid with evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines. The top-right panel, labeled "Fisheye in One Dimension," distorts horizontal grid lines to create a focused region while leaving vertical spacing unchanged. The bottom-left panel, labeled "Cartesian Fisheye View," applies a concentric distortion to the grid, emphasizing the center. Finally, the bottom-right panel, labeled "Polar Fisheye View," warps the grid into a circular shape, resembling a globe.D
Marius Irgens

Distortion by Design

Distortion noun /dɪˈstɔːr.ʃən/ — A change to the intended or true meaning of something; a change to the original or natural shape of something; a..
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Jessica Russo & Nightingale Editors

Dear Nightingale: It’s Natural

This article originally appeared in Issue 5 of Nightingale magazine. (Get your copy here!) This challenge is brought to you by data visualization artist Jessica Russo. ChallengeCreate a..