In a talk that's part history lesson, part love letter to graphics, information designer Tommy McCall traces the centuries-long evolution of charts and diagrams — and shows how complex data can be sculpted into beautiful […]
There are about a hundred trillion microbes living inside your gut — protecting you from infection, aiding digestion and regulating your immune system. As our bodies have adapted to life in modern society, we've started […]
Jacob Collier is a one-man band and force of nature. In a dynamic, colorful performance, he recreates the magical room at his home in London where he produces music, performing three songs in which he […]
What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to […]
Artist Eric Dyer spent years working at a computer to produce images for the screen. Longing to get his hands back on his work, he began exploring the zoetrope, a popular 19th-century device that was […]
Giorgia Lupi uses information to tell human stories, including subtlety to numbers. In this captivating talk, she shares how we can bring personality to information, envisioning even the mundane details of our every day lives […]
At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, drawing up anything that endeavors too close– even light. We cannot see it, but […]
Believe you're good at thinking statistics? Think once again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and deal with numbers is terribly restricted, states information visualization specialist Alan Smith. In […]
Dan Bricklin changed the world forever when he codeveloped VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet and grandfather of programs you probably use every day like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Sign up with the software application […]
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