9 Best Articles in 2021
The Washington Post
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
The Washington Post
7 min read · 1317 saves · 2020-03-14
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
The New York Times
7 min read · 921 saves · 2020-03-22 · We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.
The Pudding
How Bad Is Your Spotify?
The Pudding
763 saves · 2020-12-22 · Our sophisticated A.I. judges your awful taste in music.
TNW
Google launches animation tool so you can turn boring data into cool GIFs
TNW
3 min read · 563 saves · From 2017 · Google has launched a new animation tool to help you breathe life into data by turning boring number charts into cool GIF illustrations.
mkorostoff.github.io
Wealth, shown to scale
mkorostoff.github.io
552 saves · 2020-04-28 · Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
students.brown.edu
Seeing Theory
students.brown.edu
1 min read · 528 saves · From 2017 · A visual introduction to probability and statistics.
The New York Times
How the Virus Won
The New York Times
3 min read · 516 saves · 2020-06-25 · Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We reconstructed how the epidemic spun out of control.
Visual Capitalist
The New Yorker
What Data Can’t Do
The New Yorker
8 min read · 427 saves · Mar 22nd · When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous.
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The New Yorker
What Data Can’t Do
The New Yorker
8 min read · 427 saves · Mar 22nd · When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous.
chartscss.org
Charts.css
chartscss.org
171 saves · Mar 5th · CSS data visualization framework Quick Start GitHub Repo Charts.css is a modern CSS framework. It uses CSS utility classes to style HTML elements as charts. The source code is available on GitHub…
The New York Times
A Close-Up Picture of Partisan Segregation, Among 180 Million Voters
The New York Times
10 min read · 110 saves · Mar 17th · Democrats and Republicans increasingly live apart, all the way down to the neighborhood level.
Datawrapper
Which color scale to use when visualizing data
Datawrapper
5 min read · 107 saves · Mar 16th · A short overview of the different color scales (diverging, sequential, categorical) that you can use to visualize your data.
The Pudding
The Naked Truth
The Pudding
8 min read · 74 saves · Mar 25th · How the names of 6,816 complexion products can reveal bias in beauty
github.com
Z3tt/30DayChartChallenge_Collection2021
github.com
70 saves · Apr 1st · Collection of contributions to and resources for the first #30DayChartChallenge in April 2021 - Z3tt/30DayChartChallenge_Collection2021
Interactive Things
Data Visualization for Exploration and Explanation
Interactive Things
52 saves · Mar 19th · Inspiration and guidance for balancing exploratory and explanatory approaches to communicate with data.
Datawrapper
When to use sequential and when to use diverging color scales
Datawrapper
4 min read · 43 saves · Mar 16th · Here's when (and when not) to use diverging gradients when visualizing data.
ETH Zürich
soccerbars
ETH Zürich
40 saves · Apr 9th · New visualization design for association football results. Complete with software packages for LaTeX, Python, and R.
The Pudding
How Science Came Together During COVID-19
The Pudding
38 saves · Mar 31st · A look at the global research effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic
