Information is Beautiful, the Web site on data visualization created by independent information designer David McCandless, soon will be giving a total of $30,000 in awards for, you guessed it, ...

This week’s big beautiful data series dwells around the media and entertainment sector. First off, we have the work of New York Times data artist Jer Thorp, “Visualizing 138 Years of Popular Science ...

The history of scientific discovery is very focused on the discoveries of the West, so it’s wonderful to see this beautiful infographic from Information Is Beautiful, which visualizes what Middle ...

When Martin Krzywinski took a systems administrator job at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Center, he didn't plan on becoming a pioneer of 21st century biological data visualization. In fact, he didn't ...

Visage makes infographics easy, and they customize palettes for free. If you’re an art director at a media outlet, odds are you have to assign and commission each data visualization you publish. That ...

DataAppeal wants anyone to be able to create beautiful visuals for their projects, not just mash things up with Google Maps. Even when it’s useful, data is often ugly. And without design experience, ...

Colors are an effective medium for communicating meaning. Some have certain implicit psychological associations. Red, for example, is often associated with power, love, and anger. Blue might convey ...

Microsoft Research has released SandDance, a free data visualization app that lets you gain insight in your surveys and research projects. Simply fire it up in your browser, upload a data set (TXT, ...

This interactive globe allows you to see almost real time information about the sea currents, winds and waves. It is a beautiful data visualization. This post is from Observer Short List—an email of ...