Inspiration
A repository of data-driven visual stories from around the world, humanising complex issues with design and technology.
Maps
The Two Americas of 2016
A view of two imaginary nations created by slicing the country along the sharp divide between Republican and Democratic Americas.
Dataviz
3D
The Corporations Behind Climate Change
Seven simple demands to hold fossil fuel companies accountable.
Dataviz
Dashboard of the Present Future
Dashboard of the Present Future for the World Data Visualization Prize. Created by Lindsey Poulter.
Inspiration of the Week
Dataviz
United States gun death data visualization
United States gun and firearm killing data visualization by Periscopic.
Inspiration of the Month
Dataviz
Multimedia
In the dark: the internet sparked a revolution, then it was turned off
In recent years, there have been 935 internet shutdowns worldwide, and censorship has worsened. Here’s how authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent, using deep packet ...
Cinematic
Zendetta - A Story from Syria
An immersive, interactive web-experience. From political detainee to refugee and activist, a story of survival and revolution through the Syrian uprising.
Illustration
The history of the Forbidden City
How China’s Forbidden City became the Palace Museum: one of humanity’s greatest legacies.
Interactive
Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
“Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek,” by New York Times reporter John Branch, tells the harrowing story of skiers caught in an avalanche.
Illustration
Searching for life in the rubble
How search and rescue teams comb debris for survivors after devastating earthquakes.
Illustration
On the brink
Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the verge of disappearing.
Dataviz
Hong Kong Artists, Women
A data visualization of Hong Kong women artists.
Inspiration of the Week
Cinematic
Illustration
Fishing the feed
Farmed seafood has a dirty secret. It is fed using billions of wild-caught fish trawled from the oceans. Find out what goes on under the surface.
Dataviz
Illustration
Cantonese Opera: history, performance, theatre and costume design
Cantonese opera is still one of Hong Kong's favourite art forms.
Cinematic
Documentary
Extreme Heat Will Change Us
Half the world could soon face dangerous heat. We measured the daily toll it is already taking.
Inspiration of the Month
3D
Cinematic
How space debris threatens modern life
A failure to regulate low Earth orbit could have disastrous consequences.
Interactive
Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters
Female characters appear in superhero comics less often than males — but when they are included, how are they depicted?
Audio
Illustration
The Bear and his Scarf | Club Bruges
A story by Club Bruges about club love and respect.
3D
Dataviz
How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry
Detailed supply chain mapping of two weapons that changed the war reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain as the industry returns to a wartime footing.
Interactive
Maps
The map of the observable universe
This map shows a slice of our Universe. It was created from astronomical data taken night after night over a period of 15 years using a telescope in New Mexico, USA.
Interactive
Glory To Ukraine
Our country has been attacked by Russian Federation, it is destroying our lives, it wants to trample on freedom. Ukraine is our home, we will defend it to the end, our voices will ...
3D
Interactive
Sea Shepherd No Fishing
Fishing nets are killing our ocean. And if the ocean dies, we die. Take action now on www.no-fishing.net and help free the ocean from fishing nets #NoFishingNet.
Illustration
How drones are helping scientists locate endangered plants
New technologies can now reach places too risky for humans and search for the last surviving specimens before it’s too late.
Illustration
Rubber, Race and Colonial Exploitation
An interactive and highly illustrated story that investigates the historic rubber industry in Malaya, and its discriminative practices.
Dataviz
How the Champions League final descended into chaos – visual investigation
The most definitive account yet at what went wrong, why it went wrong, and how Liverpool supporters were instantly blamed on the night.