Projects and musings on data visualization and map making from Stamen Design.

Feb 4, 2010

On the Road

Ben took our show on the road yesterday, speaking about live data visualization at the Webtrends Engage conference in New Orleans. I really like the format that the presentations were in: twice as wide as a normal slide deck and right behind the speakers, so Ben could stride the boards, point at interface…

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Jul 16, 2014

Summer of Education!

We’ve been quiet about something cooking here at Stamen, in part because it’s new and experimental, and in part because we’ve been so busy doing it that we haven’t made time to write yet. That something is our Education program, run by Beth.

Eric Rodenbeck in Hi.Stamen

Mar 20, 2017

Why are there so many vacant storefronts in the Castro? Hoodline did the analysis, and we did the visuals

We’ve been having a really interesting time working with our friends at Hoodline, a site that was my go-to for local San Francisco news even before we…

Eric Rodenbeck in Hi.Stamen

Oct 30, 2018

What’s In Your Wallet: Cryptocurrency Coin Correlations

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Nov 20, 2007

Splatter: now (re) available for download

Our belated apologies to all the people who’ve been asking for the source code for splatter for the last month or so — we upgraded our publishing software and some loose ends never got resolved.

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Mar 28, 2012

Watercolor Textures

This post was originally published on stamen.com by Geraldine Sarmiento.

Following up on Zach’s post from yesterday and Eric’s post on Monday, here’s a peek into my process in creating watercolor textures for watercolor maps.

Eric Rodenbeck in Hi.Stamen

Nov 30, 2015

Bringing Essential Infrastructure and Services to Urban Slums Worldwide

In the developed world, we take it for granted that every home or place of work has access to basic infrastructure and services. This includes clean water, electricity, sanitation, and access for emergency…

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Jul 17, 2014

How leaky is your city? Methane Maps for the Environmental Defense Fund

Outside our own kitchens, gas leaks aren’t something we’d ever thought much about here at Stamen. But being a studio filled with progressive San Francisco do-gooders and all, we do think about climate change…