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anacyclosis.info

Anacyclosis: the cycle of political revolution

An interactive visualization of Polybius’s theory of anacyclosis—the cyclical succession of political regimes.

evilcharts.com

Evil Charts

A library of beautiful charts components that are easy to use and customize, built with Tailwind CSS and React.

bikemap.nyc

bikemap.nyc

Visualization of the entire history of Citi Bike, the largest bike-sharing system in the US.

pudding.cool

How musicals use motifs to tell stories

Explore motifs from Hamilton, Wicked, and Les Misérables.

explorer.audubon.org

Bird migration explorer

A guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way. Nice dataviz ref.

flagstories.co

Flag stories

Stats about flags and flag design—a data visualization project.

pudding.cool

In pursuit of democracy

Analyzing every mention of ‘democracy’ in the American Congressional Record.

perspective-dev.github.io

Perspective dataviz

An interactive analytics and data visualization component, especially well-suited for large and/or streaming datasets.

cartography-of-generative-ai.net

Cartography of generative AI

What set of extractions, agencies and resources allow us to converse online with a text-generating tool or to obtain images in a matter of seconds?

accent-explorer.boldvoice.com

How AI hears accents

How models cluster accents, dialects, native languages, and language families—all in a 3D latent visualization.

pentagram.com

A data love letter to the Subway

A data-driven animation for Fulton Center commissioned by MTA Arts & Design for its 40th anniversary.

thescaleoflife.com

The scale of life

Experience the magnitude of the industrial age, nature, and everyday life firsthand.

nightingaledvs.com

Why visual journalism is so slow

Tracking every hour of a typical project to uncover the biggest time drains and share insights on how to speed things up.

a11y-collective.com

Implement WCAG rules in your infographics

Create WCAG-compliant infographics with expert tips on alt text, contrast, and screen reader support.

reuters.com

Cozy comfort

New research backs up what gamers have thought for years: video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety.

nightingaledvs.com

A garden of sleep

Tracking the emotional distance between two bedtimes—an experimental dataviz project.

historicaltechtree.com

Historical tech tree

Interactive visualization of technological history.

szupie.github.io

Life & supercontinents

A history of Earth’s supercontinents and their impact on evolution.

hai.stanford.edu

The 2025 AI index report

A report by Stanford HAI on why AI’s influence on society has never been more pronounced.

tomazweiss.github.io

The decline of Stack Overflow

With the rise of AI-driven coding assistants, the platform’s relevance has taken a hit.