Von Worley, one of the preeminent fast food data visualizers of our time, first charted the Beefspace back in 2010. Using the inverse-square law, he produced a speckled map that showed which chain ...

Map by Mark Townsend, a recent graduate of Ball State University’s journalism graphics program. Townsend is a Traverse City-based designer for Circle of Blue and ...

In three years, Kickstarter users have raised nearly 350 million dollars through 70,000 campaigns. Ten of those have topped the million-dollar mark. And with the passage of the JOBS Act, Kickstarter, ...

"In many ways, San Francisco and New York are closer together than San Francisco and Kentucky," says information designer Moritz Stefaner. Traditional cartographers may recoil in horror, but in a new ...

Infographics can be helpful. Honestly. Done well, they can present complex and dry data in a way that's accessible and even entertaining. They can make information quicker to digest, and they can make ...

Today’s series of maps show the size and type of every power plant in the United States. How many states get the majority of their power from coal? How big of an impact does solar and wind have on the ...

“I’m getting internal pressure to create infographics. Yes, I know they’ll perform well. But to be honest, I don’t view many myself. As a consumer of content, I’m just not sure I see the value.” I ...

Thanksgiving may be over, but it’s still open season on pumpkins. These days almost anything, from lattes, to scones and even chili, can be found in a pumpkin version–to the delight of gourd lovers ...