Olympic Medals Cartogram

The size of each country’s circle represents how many medals they were awarded for that particular year. Scroll back through each summer games to see how countries fared over time. Click the “by ranking” tab to sort the countries into a list.

The graphic was created using a force-directed graph using a particle system. Countries try to locate themselves near where they are geographically located as well as close to geographically neighboring countries. The circles do not overlap. Flash is a bit too slow to be interactive, so there is a pre-render on our side to determine how each year’s layout will appear.

Medals Cartogram

Aug 4th, 2008
5:02 pm

Presidential Polling

A visualization of all new polls for the presidential race shows poll’s margin of error and statistically significant leads. This graphic uses a special image-baking technique to be iPhone friendly!

Presidential Polling

Aug 4th, 2008
12:49 pm

A Collection of Olympic Torches

Blame my deep-rooted love of object and form for my self-prescribed side project for the last few weeks: cataloging and documenting the Olympic Torches from Berlin to Beijing. Extra thanks for NYT reporter Phil Patton for the narration.

Olympic Torches screenshot

Jul 6th, 2008
6:55 am

Cash flow bubble chart

This chart shows the distribution of budget for the 2008 campaign trail (up to May ‘08). Clicking the bubbles gives you details into who bought who’s services.

Bubble Chart

Jun 19th, 2008
5:51 pm

Flooding in the Midwest

This summer’s floods were off the charts. This front-page featured map steps through a week of flood activity. Photographs of the locations are placed on pins in the map.

flooding front page

Jun 6th, 2008
5:16 pm

Moving the Grange

Alexander Hamilton’s 206-year-old home, the Grange, was moved to a nearby park. This graphic walks through the arduous process to move the historic landmark in a crowded city.

grange moving