Helpful resources for designers interested in data viz — I can’t hide the fact that I have a huge appetite for data viz. I’m a UX designer, and other designers new to data viz frequently ask for resources. …

A data visualization documenting a lifetime. — I recently turned 10,000 days old! (aka, just over 27 years old) To celebrate, I made a visualization of what I’ve done with my life for those 10k days. I worked with my mom to record the dates of some life events (thanks Mom!) …

Are you a fan of the floating blue graphics that Tony Stark casually flips through in Ironman? Do you drool over those futuristic screens that Tom Cruise uses in Minority Report, or pretty much any interface that crops up in sci-fi films these days? Designing a FUI that is actually…

The Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards is an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the work made by the data visualization community. This year as I looked through the shortlisted submissions, I wondered: who are the people and groups making these data visualizations? Are they media companies? Individuals submitting passion projects…

It took me seven years to complete my undergraduate degree. Students each have a unique path and journey through higher education. This is a visual exploration of my story. After finishing my last class in December, I was reflecting on my time as a student. I thought it would be…

Who talks more: Huck Finn or Robinson Crusoe? Turns out, it’s Huck. Conversation between the characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn accounts for nearly half (48%) of the narrative; in contrast, conversation in Robinson Crusoe is only 3% of the book. For my final project in the Data Visualization…

Every wonder how much you hug? Or how often your friends hug? A little curiosity can go a long way… Data Collection I don’t know of any sources for hugging data, so I had to start by collecting hug data. Knowing that my own dataset wouldn’t be too interesting, I wondered what…