Nightingale’s First All-Visual Article

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

That’s a common refrain around the holidays, and here at Nightingale, we tend to agree. I mean, when else is there so much time to catch up on reading? And where else will you find articles about the resurgence of vinyl or maps of the Roman Empire’s road networks?

Happy Holidays!

This week, Nightingale published our first graphic article, Surasti Puri’s “An Illustrated Look at the Booker Prize.” In addition to its stunning visuals, the article sheds some light on the gender breakdown of the Booker prize and has some ideas to get you started on your 2020 reading list.

If you haven’t quite finished your holiday shopping, don’t worry — Coleman Harris has you covered with his “Gift Guide for the Data Viz Practitioner.” These books, activities, and tools will make great gifts for anyone who loves making data visualizations.

In 2019, vinyl outsold CDs for the first time since 1986. Allen Hillery wondered, “Is the Resurgence of Vinyl Driven By Nostalgia or Fad?” To help find an answer, he dove into the data.

Paul Kahn continued his series on global information design with “Visualizing Overland Travel, When All Roads Led to Rome.” Learn about the design trick in these early road maps that forms the basis for many of today’s subway maps.

Krishna P wrote “Getting Started With Small Multiples,” in which he explains what small multiples are as well as how you can use them. The upshot is that small multiples are a powerful and effective data viz tool that is extremely underused.