Nadieh Bremer
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📈 Data Visualization
🎨 Data Art
💻 Generative Art
I ❤️ creating it all!
Here's some of my favorite (client & personal) projects over the past years, incl Scientific American, Google, Sony Music, The New York Times, UNESCO & more
All my work & art 👇
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NEW!! 🎉 Super happy to share a new
#dataviz
project that visualizes how Planet's satellites creates a full image of Earth's landmass in ONE day! 🌍
See how the Earth is slowly build up from each of the whopping 600,000 images taken in a single day 🛰️
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NEW!!! 🎉 One of my proudest
#dataviz
ever!! 🛰️😃
A birthday present to
@NASAHubble
that I've made for
@PhysicsToday
visualizing 30 years of observations, ±550k tiny diamonds in the sky ✨
I've poured my ❤️ into this, I hope you'll enjoy exploring it:
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NEW! 🎉 Still can't believe it, but I got to work with the New York Times to create a
#DataViz
for their Opinion section!! *happy dance*
Read about the insane amount of digital trackers you gather when you browse, well, anywhere...
@nytopinion
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Working on a new
#NFT
dataviz + generative art project where I'm visualizing the transactions within a single (ETH) block.
Here's 2 sneak peeks ;)
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Just finished "Programming skills for Data Science" by
@mf_viz
& Joel Ross. This book is an exceptionally well rounded & explained intro to the different programming skills you need for data science; git & GitHub, (lots of) R, dataviz, APIs, pinch of SQL & more. Really, 👏👏👏
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🎉 NEW!!! 🎉 Really, really excited to share the
#dataviz
/ data art project I created for
@sonymusic
🎵 where I re-imagined the "Gold Record" using music and streaming data 🎶
Intro blog from Sony:
Exceptionally long design blog:
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Just discovered Datalegreya, a typeface that interweaves data & text. And I have to admit, this looks quite eye grabbing :) & (if only the "pay with a tweet" would actually worked...) via
@timelyportfolio
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Really happy to have received this amazing looking "Data Visualization Handbook" by
@infomuotoilu
&
@jhilden
😍
It looks like the most comprehensive
#dataviz
book I've ever seen! Covering visual perception, general principles, chart explanations, typography & more 😮
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My new favorite book about
#dataviz
best practices 🔥 "Data Visualization Handbook" by
@infomuotoilu
&
@jhilden
. It doesn't only touch upon visual perception, chart types, layout, but even typography. Highly recommend! 💯💯💯
Read my in-depth review here:
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I had no idea this would create such an obvious split in American cities; coloring streets by their suffix (avenue, street, etc). Gorgeous map too :)
Created by Erin Davis | via
@robhawkes
' SpatialAwareness editorial
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Making a
#dataviz
for both desktop and mobile doesn't mean that the only two options you have are "scaling down" and "stacking vertically" →
You can also change layout by positioning the data differently. There's more overlap in code between these two than you might expect.
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An online (free!) tool to visualize and explore giant networks 🤩
I'll definitely keep that in mind for the next network visual I want to create, because somehow they keep getting bigger and bigger O.O
#dataviz
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Am I working on a Christmas tree? Nope, but it's all I'm seeing right now 😆🎄
#DataViz
#WorkInProgress
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🎉 NEW!! 🎉 BIG release of my
#dataviz
-driven visual exploration in collaboration with Google Trends 😃
"Explore how people search on Google to understand the often weird & mysterious behavior of our 🐱 & 🐶!"
Enjoy exploring & Happy US Pet Day!
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NEW 🎉 I'm in
@SciAm
's March issue with a piece about how "time" noon and solar noon can be quite different depending on your location!
I created it from start to finish 😎 pitching the idea, gathering data & info, creating visuals, and writing the text! 😃
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NEW WORK 🎉I've had the pleasure to work with
#UNESCO
to visualize the connections that exist between our Intangible Cultural Heritage. Here's the 1st visual: hover, zoom, click & more to discover how everything is connected to each other!
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New blog! 🎉In which I explain 9 different "Techniques for Data Visualization on both Mobile & Desktop"
Including the more common stacking and scaling to more exotic options such as adjusting locations or even two different charts.
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NEW! 🎉 Although created in January, I can now finally share a new client project! 😃
Visualizing a hierarchy of services calling services themselves and thus giving an overview of the total health of the system (split into different domains).
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Finally! Here are the interactive slides to my
@OpenVisConf
talk "SVGs beyond mere shapes"
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Would anyone like to see a (short) how-to / tutorial on how I made this map about Norway, including personal data (with JavaScript)?
If yes please like this tweet 👍
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NEW!! 🎉 Come read my interactive
#dataviz
-driven story: Figures in the Sky ⭐
See how current & past cultures across the world have seen their myths in the stars. Shapes found everywhere, fascinating constellations & even stranger meanings. Enjoy! 😃
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Gm! Took my grid code into a tangent, and wondering if I should explore that more fully, maybe even turn it into its own collection, even before returning to my more "regular" grids? 🤔 What do you think?
Here (and in 🧵) some quick early tests:
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Complete revamp of my "Learning DataViz" page! 😃
You can now find info about how I got into
#dataviz
, what my work process is like, and, the longest section, tips that have worked well for me to get a career in dataviz.
I hope it'll be helpful! ^_^
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All of my free time in the past 3 months has been going to a complete rebuild of my website 😵 But it's almost done! 🌟 Been working on my front page during Easter :)
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This is really cool: "All Roads to Rome in Europe" (and there's also a US version and more)
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New!! 🎉 I've created a streamgraph-meets-bump-chart
#dataviz
to show the rise & sudden surge in the no. of satellites orbiting Earth for
@sciam
🛰️
Huge thanks to
@ChristiansenJen
for the feedback + layout + sending me 2 issues when my store in NL didn't get them due to covid-19
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NEW!! 🎉 My
#dataviz
about star-hopping alien civilizations for
@SciAm
!
The Fermi paradox article is 🔥🔥🔥 so I was overly excited to create the spread filling viz to go with it.
Thanks
@ChristiansenJen
for trusting me with it ^^
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NEW! 🎉It was time to pour my heart and soul into a new month of
@datasketches
❤️ Discover why "Cardcaptor Sakura" 🌸 is one of the most beautiful
#manga
ever created in this extensive & interactive
#dataviz
🌟
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I just spend 10.5 hours (across 2 days) slowly building up the most complex recursive function I've ever written to create a nested dataset 😵
But it seems to have worked, since a test shows that
#d3js
' Circle Pack can handle it 😃 Woohoo!
(So happy with d3.stratify btw! 🙏)
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Some photos from the many "symbol" designs I drew, tested, ok'd or removed. Plus how certain base symbols can be connected "when data values align" to create combined symbols in a way
Damn, those symbols took SO many (more) hours to create, test and fine-tune (than I thought) 😵
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A really great and in-depth article about "How to Pick More Beautiful Colors for your Data Visualizations" by
@lisacrost
: packed with (visual)
#dataviz
examples and practical tips 👏👏👏
(🙏 for using my Cats & Dogs projects as an example 😻)
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I feel like just mentioning the title of this wonderful article is enough: "The UX of LEGO Interface Panels":
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Comparing the difference in light from Earth as seen from space between 2012 - 2016. This was such a joy to read!
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There's 1 color palette, always called "Chaos", that I've used in all of my 4 long-form data / generative art collections ✨
Here's 1 example from each: Wanderlust, Rotae, Patchwork Kingdoms, and Anhedra
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BLOG! 🎉 After almost a year I've written a new blog 😃 Read about the total data prep & analysis + design + creation + bloopers of my
@NASAHubble
#dataviz
that I made for
@PhysicsToday
to celebrate Hubble's 30-year anniversary 🛰️
👇
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For those interested to see the *ugly truth* (and lots of work in progress) of designing, analyzing data, creating & programming a massive
#dataviz
project such as 🐱🐶: I wrote a GINORMOUS write-up about it! 👇
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The most intense
#scrollytelling
#dataviz
I've ever made! 🙌 Glad it's part of such an important story to tell about homeless bus relocations for
@GuardianUS
All
#dataviz
created with 💕 by me &
@sxywu
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🎉 FINAL PROJECT REVEAL!! 🎉
For my final
#FabAcademy
(
@academany
) project I made a jigsaw puzzle that reveals light shows as you place puzzle pieces 🧩
I presented this 1min video of the puzzle & creation during class yesterday ^_^
SUPER happy (+ proud 💪) of the results! 😁
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Day 4: The Next Next Fidenza
As long as there are flow fields it counts right? 😆 (I guess there are "gridded cell flow fields" 🤔😜)
#genuary
#genuary2022
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I had a high quality giclee print made of the
@sonymusic
poster of Harry Styles' Adore You and I'm SO happy seeing it IRL and how good it came out 🤩
I scaled it down to ±30x37cm to fit the frame (and the remaining space on my wall 😅), but it's actually still readable 😎
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NEW!! 🎉 Watch the explosive growth of all refugee deportation flights from the EU since 2006, done by "Deportation Machine" Frontex, made for
@LHreports
with data from Freedom of Information requests
#ReturnsNetwork
Bigger version (best seen big):
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Nailed the colors on my second try! 🔥😎🙏 (also made the visual a little more zoomed out then version 1).
There are so many other plots I have that I want to try these colors on, they're gonna run out of ink soon 😅😅 (or me out of paper actually 🤔)
#axidraw
#plottertwitter
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WOOHOO! 🎉 Suuuper excited that I've won 4 medals at
@malofiej
! 😃
- Digital Trackers: Silver for the print version + bronze for online:
- Why do cats and dogs...? Silver in general + bronze in "
#dataviz
innovation":
#malofiej28
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I'm not an expert with maps, but this tutorial is the best introduction to
#d3js
maps that I've ever seen :D
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Day 1: Draw 10,000 of something
Ok, so it feels a bit like cheating, since I've been working with grids over the last 2 weeks. But here's some 100x100 grids filled with colorful simple shapes ✨😆
#genuary
#genuary2022
(more options in 🧵👇)
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Day 3: Space
As an astronomer I can only interpret "space" in one way 🪐
However, no space-y image, instead I choose to visualize a (really cool) effect (and one of my favorite courses at uni): Gravitation Lensing
#genuary
#genuary2022
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This is the best
@tableau
dashboard I've ever seen! Good use of colors, design, layout, no overload on filters :D
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Having this "river" animated as you scroll down (instead of a static image), makes all the difference! (fascinating article too about the pollution in the river Ganges by
@Reuters
)
via
@infobeautyaward
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Day 2: Dithering
I'm so new to dithering that it took me basically 2 hours to get this Bayer / Ordered dithering to work 😆 (and I don't even fully understand the threshold map yet 😂)
PS: I chose this technique, due to the retro Game Boy vibe 😎
#genuary
#genuary2022
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More new work! 🎉 My
#dataviz
is in the December issue of
@SciAm
, revealing that "Normal Body Temperature Is Surprisingly Less Than 98.6" 🤒
It's always such a pleasure to work with
@ChristiansenJen
^_^ We're even working on new piece for the March issue!
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Over 2000 questions that people search for on Google to understand cats 🐱 All packed together for you to explore ✨ ( → I didn't know some cats eat fake Christmas trees 😶)
And many more weird & funny insights to be found in my new
#dataviz
project 😃
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Work-in-progress of the charity
#NFT
data + genart collection I'm working on ✨
For now I'll say that each square represents a specific school somewhere in the world
More to come...
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Today -> Bucket list now minus one item: have my name be on the front of the NYT home page, as a co-creator ✅
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
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NEW!! 🎉
Excited to share the many
#dataviz
I made for a huge investigation by Greenpeace's
@UE
&
@PublicEyeSuisse
on the staggering amount that the top agrochemical companies make selling highly hazardous pesticides, killing people & 🐝
Article
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What happens when you leave your code running (and double pendulums swinging) while you have a BBQ outside and check back in after 1+ hrs 😬
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Started my 4th year as a freelancer! O.O I've had so many amazing projects in 2019. From Google, The New York Times, SciAm, and more 🙏 Looking forward to what 2020 will bring!
If you're looking for some creative
#dataviz
to tell a story, please feel free to reach out! 😃
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🎉 Very excited that my
#dataviz
class is now live on Skillshare! Learn 4 different ways to take your next visual beyond the default ✨
You can access the online class/videos with the 2 month free trial here:
Have fun! 😃
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My gosh, this is something amazing! A tiny town generator, 100% procedural in Houdini and rendered in Blender 🔥 | by
@JAMillerman
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ITS OUT!! 🎉 My
@skillshare
class can be followed now! 😃
With tons of
#dataviz
examples, let me show you several different techniques to take your next visual beyond the default and create some effective & beautiful data visualizations ✨
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I still can't believe I won this! I'm humbled, honored and just crazy happy :D :D :D This definitely gives me the energy to spend practically all my time on creating more
#dataviz
in the coming year, hehe
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Yay! Received my copy of "Playful Data" which is overflowing with colorful and beautiful
#dataviz
and
#infographic
works ^_^ Very happy to have two pieces in here too! :D
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Some of the iterations I went through to create the title slide of my (new) "Visualizing Connections" presentation 😅
Hopefully see you at
#Eyeo2019
today ^_^
(some of these looked ok as screenshots, but not as continued animations btw 😋)
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Just learned about an utterly brilliant extension for Visual Studio Code from
@rich__poole
that actually colors your colors 🤯
WHY did I not think to look for this myself (years ago)?! I used to always copy hex codes to a color picker, takes SO long! 😆
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I was trying to create _subtle_ heart shapes on top of the turrets that I'm building, but then I misjudged the size, and.... I kind of like it 😂
#dataart
#genartclub
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I've been dreaming of going here ever since I was a 12 year old girl who dragged my parents to the theatre hours in advance to make sure we had the BEST seats for the LotR. And almost 20 years later, I finally visited Hobbiton today! I was as giddy as a child 😅
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Read "Algorithms to Live by" during my vacation and I loved it! Learned much more about things I thought I knew (sorting, Bayes, overfitting, ...) and lots about things I didn't know before. Especially how CS related back to many parts of our "human" lives. Highly recommended!!
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Two hours & 122 pins later and I've moved my entire "favorite
#d3js
blocks" collection over to Pinterest 😃
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YAY got my hands on a copy of "Data Visualization for Success" 😃 Amazing to be featured amongst so many other wonderful creators & friends
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Woohoo!! 🎉Super happy & honored to have our
#dataviz
driven story be awarded GOLD in the Information is Beautiful Awards just now!! :D
GOLD WINNER - Politics & Global: Bussed Out: How America Moves Its Homeless by
@sxywu
@NadiehBremer
@GuardianUS
#IIBAwards
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Found some time again to work on some new pen plots! 😃 This is a first gentle step towards something that might become
#dataviz
, but now it's still a voronoi (tree)map based on random numbers. Using 5 colored Promarkers on Canson Bristol 250gsm
#axidraw
#plottertwitter
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New work! 🎉 I've created the interactive
#dataviz
prototype for
@scenarioDNA
, who analyze trends and develop frameworks to grasp how culture is changing and why.
See it "in action" in this demo about upcoming & established trends in food an beverage:
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I finally did it! I made my first
#d3js
@observablehq
notebook! 🎉 (much overdue...)
Explaining how to create both a simplified Earth + how to make the resulting shapes curved, instead of straight lines (mostly because I wanted to remember the code 😏)
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DAMN! How AMAZING is this!! Look at that transition! 🤯
The sheer amount of data visualized, but still revealing patterns both in detail and overall view. Really, really nice! 👏👏👏
🚀🎉🚊NEW PROJECT: for the Dutch Railways
@NS_online
I have created an interactive
#dataviz
for their 2019 annual report that shows train travel on an average working day: Thanks
@dnnsptri
@f19_nl
@ggjvasse
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NEW!! 📣
Check out the 50 (confidently detected) gravitational waves, created by violent collisions of black holes 💥 (or neutron stars), in my new interactive
#dataviz
made for
@ScienceNews
!
Including cute merger animations! Sound! Pop-up! And more! 👇
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Data Sketches is becoming a book! I can't believe I co-wrote a BOOK!!! 😮
It took ±4 years, but gosh am I excited about this 🔥🔥
It's become something unique, a deeply-
#dataviz
-process-explanatory-meets-lush-images coffee table book ❤️
Pre-order on our sparkly new website ✨
🎊The BIG NEWS IS HERE🎊
Data Sketches is turning into A BOOK!!🥳
Pre-orders available now @ ✨
We're also running a subtitle competition until 12/3 11:59PM PST→ Winner gets their subtitle on the cover & a signed copy of our book!
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Made a (pink-ish) tree! 🌳
I feel like I'm basically using some part of
#d3js
' force functionality in >50% of the (client) projects I do these days 😅 -> actual networks, beeswarms, clusters, tree diagrams, bubble packing, ... 😃
#dataviz
#wip
#loveTheForce
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Early beginnings, but at least the system seems to be working 💪
(thanks to math from + starting off code from
@thecodingtrain
🙏)
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Brilliant! Just discovered the "text=" parameter of Google Fonts, which cut down a huge 3.4Mb font file to just 7kb!!
(It lets you specify which characters you need, and my font had loads of Chinese characters, and not all Latin ones in a single woff2)
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Woohoo! 🎉Super happy & honored to have 3 pieces in the
@infobeautyaward
shortlist 😃- Fierce competition too, congratulations to the other shortlistees ^_^
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Never thought the "best
#dataviz
" ever made could be improved, but this story behind the original chart is AMAZING!
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A "tree-ring"-like visual showing 200 years of U.S. immigration per continent of origin - found on
@NatGeo
- Gorgeous and insightful! I love how the big overview is made up of thousands of individual marks :)
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