Tag: Data Visualization

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Nightingale Editors

Dear Nightingale Submissions: Physical Inspiration Train

This data visualization challenge was to create a "physical inspiration train" quantifying objects' attributes. Check out the submissions!
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Nightingale Editors

Data Is Plural Submissions: Bob Ross

This data viz challenge prompted readers to explore two data sets on Bob Ross's iconic television show. Check out the submissions!
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Nightingale Editors

Visual Accessibility Resources

Looking for guidelines to follow in your data viz accessibility journey? This curated list will help to get you to the next level.
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Jeremy Ney

Mapping Inequality Can Drive Social Impact

The practice of "opportunity mapping" shows hotspots of inequality, helping government officials and social justice groups know where to direct their efforts.
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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.
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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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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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Marian Eerens

How Dieter Rams’s Design Principles Apply to Dashboard Design

Legendary designer Dieter Rams established 10 principles of good product design. Here's how to interpret those principles when designing business dashboards.
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Zach Rottman

I Visualized My One-Year-Old’s Relentless Daycare Bugs and It Calmed Me Down

When viruses started coming home from daycare and making his family sick, this dad made a data visualization to keep things in perspective.
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Nightingale Editors

Three Questions with… Will Careri

Nightingale is expanding its team of and regular writers and contributors! Today, we're introducing our newest team member, columnist Will Careri
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Jenn Schilling

REVIEW: Visit a Local Museum for Dataviz Inspiration

In early September, I had a super fun time at a Meetup with the Denver Data Storytellers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science! The..