Statistical Graphics and Comics: Parallel Histories of Visual Storytelling
What do data visualization and comics have in common? One of these is used to communicate in science and journalism, and the other appears in..
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Or Misgav
A Garden of Sleep: Tracking the Emotional Distance Between Two Bedtimes
For the past six months, my husband and I haven’t gone to sleep at the same time.We both work full-time and raise two young children,..
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Sachi Mahajan
Decoding the Influence of Visual Data in Consumer Decisions
Do you ever wonder why your eyes dart to a flashy “50% OFF” sticker? or an appetite-stimulating visual of potato chips on a pack in..
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DVS Editor
What Can Business Dashboard Designers Learn from the Information Is Beautiful Awards?
Why do I still love the field of data visualisation after 20 years? It’s the levers that exist between form and function, beauty and insight,..
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Kenneth Odoh
Scrollytelling with Closeread: The Super Low-Code Way to Bring Your Data Project to the Web!
Introduction What is Scrollytelling?Scrollytelling is a dynamic, interactive storytelling technique often used in web-based formats, that reveals insights, visuals, and narrative elements as the user..
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Shirley Wu
Senses & Sentiment: When data is too emotional for the screen
After doing data visualization work for eleven years, in 2021 I decided to go back to school to gain the skills and tools for creating..
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Emma Rubin
The Endless Stories in Baby Name Data
Throughout my time as a student I was used to being known with a last initial. My first name Emma has consistently ranked in the..
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Natalia Kiseleva
Paperbase: A Window into Photographic Paper History
The Lens Media Lab at Yale University’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage has created Paperbase, an interactive platform for exploring the world’s largest..
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Alex Solokov
Beyond the Binary: Improving Data Visualization for Intersectional Identities
Personal and group identity are foundational to the human experience, shaping our values, relationships, and self-perceptions. These identities intersect across categories like gender, race, ethnicity,..
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Gulrez Khan
From Moonsighting to Ramadan Data Journaling
As I was heading out to the mosque for the evening prayer, I heard a soft voice from the kitchen—”Abbu, wait! I’ll join you.”It was..
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Stephen Osserman
Building Community With Data and Visualization
Stumbling into a small peer support communityI arrived at Outlier 2021 eager to learn and explore. I was a few years into my transition from..
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Zehra Unal
Healing Through Data Visualization
This project shows data visualization I used to reflect on my healing process and find closure after a traumatic event. I recorded the literal number..
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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..
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Shanfan Huang
The XYZ of Work-Related Stress
How various stress factors show up in different generationsAccording to the 2024 State of the Global Workplace report by Gallup, people’s mental well-being has deteriorated..
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Danny Yang, Lesley Huang, Pia Bocanegra & Linda Yang
From Data to Art: Making “Rat Revolution”
In March 2024, we unveiled “Rat Revolution” at the Data Through Design exhibition. “Rat Revolution” can be described as a light sculpture or a physical..
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datacitron
Good Morning Data #8 | The Mysterious Affair of Style
The Mysterious Affair of Style or “How do you (and should you in fact) find your style in data visualization?“It was the doom scrolling the..
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