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Viz Review: Freedom of the Press

Jan 9, 2019

Check out the viz built in 10 minutes during Makeover Monday Viz Review for week 2 2019.

Week 1: NHL Attendance

Jan 4, 2019

#MakeoverMonday 2019 kicked off by looking at NHL attendance trends

Week 52: Average spending on Christmas gifts in the U.S.

Dec 28, 2018

A huge round of applause to everyone who participated in #MakeoverMonday this year. This week we looked at a very simple dataset about Christmas spending in the US over time.

2018 is not quite finished and the real ‘end point’ to the year will come in this week’s recap. It is, however, time to announce where Makeover Monday is heading in 2019, what’s changing, what’s new and what you can expect from us and the project.

Week 51: London Bus Safety Performance

Dec 22, 2018

In the penultimate week for #MakeoverMonday 2018, the community analyzed injury statistics on London’s bus network.

Week 50: Land use by food type

Dec 14, 2018

For week 50 I picked a dataset which I thought was nice and simple, something easy as we approach the holidays and the end of the year. Turns out, this dataset might have been a bit more challenging than I thought.

Week 49: Women Constructors in the Shortz Era

Dec 8, 2018

In week 49, the Makeover Monday Community did some amazing analysis on female constructors of New York Times crosswords in the Shortz Era.

Makeover Monday Week 49 Viz Review – Female Contributors to New York Times Crosswords

Dec 5, 2018

Did you miss Viz Review? Did you want to see what was built during the live demo? Get them both here.

Week 48: The cost of a night out

Nov 30, 2018

Original visualization | Data set on data.world | Viz Review Webinar You all probably know by now that the #MakeoverMonday community is pretty switched on, creative, passionate and simply a bunch of incredible people that we truly enjoy working with. Not...

Week 47: How Many Hours Americans Need to Work to Pay Their Mortgage

Nov 24, 2018

For week 47, the Community took a visualization from HowMuch.net and turned into visualizations that are much easier to understand.

Week 46: Diversity in Tech

Nov 16, 2018

For week 46 of 2018, and week 150 in total, we asked you to visualize diversity in tech. Thanks to everyone who took this challenge on and created a visualization of the data that showed the diversity, or lack thereof, in tech and social media companies.

Speed Vizzing: Diversity in Tech

Nov 15, 2018

At the end of Viz Review, we do our best to make time for a quick demo and different take on the data set for that week. During Viz Review, we gave feedback to Steve Gesuale on this viz of his about diversity in tech. A view asked how to build this type of chart,...

Week 45: US Population Projections by Age Group

Nov 10, 2018

Original visualization | Data set on data.world | Viz Review Webinar This week we looked at US population projections based on data from the US Census Bureau. First, I would like to thank Data School Coach Carl Allchin for stepping in to help with Viz...

Week 44: Everybody poops

Nov 2, 2018

For week 44 we asked our community to tackle a clean dataset about a dirty matter: washing your hands after pooping.

Week 43: Cost of a Beer at Major League Baseball Stadiums

Oct 28, 2018

Week 43 included a Makeover Monday Live at TC18 in New Orleans. Over 700 people vizzed live for an hour. This week, we gave a makeover to Andy’s first Makeover Monday.

Week 42: Women in the House of Representatives 1917 – 2018

Oct 21, 2018

A week out from TC18 and we used a dataset about women in the House of Representatives to analyze and visualize the increase of women’s seats in Congress over time.

Week 41: Five year Cancer Survival Rates in America

Oct 13, 2018

Makeover Monday week 41 saw the community creating some incredible visualizations to represent cancer survival rates in America

Week 40: Avocado Prices

Oct 6, 2018

For this week’s Makeover Monday challenge, we asked you do improve on a chart published on the Overridge Wealth Advisors website and based on data from the Hass Avocado Board.

Speed Vizzing: Avocado Consumption in America

Oct 3, 2018

Check out the dashboard from the first live demo from Makeover Monday Viz Review for week 40.

Week 39: Visualizing Equality

Sep 29, 2018

Week 39 was our second collaboration of 2018 with Equal Measures 2030. This week the Community visualized survey data about gender equality.

Week 38: Trains vs Planes – The Real Cost of Travel

Sep 22, 2018

During week 38 we asked the community to visualize a short and simple dataset about train versus plane travel.

Week 37: Paying the President

Sep 15, 2018

For #MakeoverMonday week 37, we looked at spending at Trump properties before and after he was elected President.

Week 36: Nike Manufacturing Map

Sep 7, 2018

For week 36 the community tackled an interactive map by Nike, showing it’s factory locations around the world.

Week 35: Which body parts are we attaching computers to?

Sep 1, 2018

For week 35, we looked at the body parts people attach tech to, including lessons about simplicity and using lines on interval scales.

Week 34: ACLED visualizing conflict

Aug 24, 2018

As the wider dataviz and Tableau community this week collaborated with ACLED to bring clarity to crisis through projects like #WorkoutWednesday, local TUGs and a hackathon, #MakeoverMonday also formed part of the collaboration efforts

Week 33: Anthony Bourdain’s Travels

Aug 18, 2018

Anthony Bourdain took us on journeys all around the world. To celebrate his life, the Makeover Monday community visualized data all of his shows.

Week 32: What Countries spend on Research and Development

Aug 11, 2018

This week we looked at spending on Research & Development in different countries around the world with data from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics.

Week 31: Big Mac Index

Aug 5, 2018

Week 31 was a collaboration with The Economist to help them see new and effective ways of visualizing The Big Mac Index.

Week 30: Parental leave in the OECD

Jul 27, 2018

For week 30 we challenged the community to improve on a bar chart published in an OECD report on parental leave systems in countries around the world.

Week 29: Historical NBA Team Spending Against the Cap

Jul 21, 2018

The #MakeoverMonday community loves sports data! This week, we looked at historical NBA team spending versus the salary cap.

Week 28: Volcano Eruptions

Jul 13, 2018

This week I provided a dataset containing Volcano Eruptions from 1436 volcanoes. An exciting topic that hopefully everyone else enjoyed as well.

Week 27: Rat Sightings in New York City

Jul 7, 2018

Week 27 was all about New York’s rats. Where are they? How many have been reported? Is the situation getting better?

Week 26: London Cycle Hire Usage

Jun 29, 2018

We have reached the 2018 half-way mark and this week saw the community tackle 58 million records of bicycle hire data for London’s ‘Boris Bikes’.

Week 25: U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report

Jun 23, 2018

For Makeover Monday week 25, the community visualized flu trends in America. The recap covers lessons about taking time to understand the data.

Week 24: Tourism Density Index

Jun 15, 2018

This week’s recap about the Tourism Density Index comes to you from Berlin, where I am playing tourist myself and enjoying a few days in the capital.

Week 23: U.K. Gender Pay Gap

Jun 9, 2018

The UK recently release data on the gender pay gap at companies across the country. For week 23, the Community created lots of great visualizations to communicate the disparity amongst many companies.

Week 22: The World’s Most Expensive Prime Property

Jun 2, 2018

For week 22 we used a simple dataset about prime property prices in selected cities around the world.

Week 21: Premier League Predictions vs. Reality

May 26, 2018

The Premier League season has come to a close. How well did the Guardian predict the table? The #MakeoverMonday community shows you how well they did.

Week 20: Congestion in major European Cities

May 18, 2018

Andy and I are huge fans of simplicity and this week's dataset was nice and simple, giving everyone a chance to stick to the basics if they want to and enjoy the nice (Northern Hemisphere) spring weather instead of spending many hours building vizzes. We asked you to...

Week 19: Toughest Sport by Skill

May 12, 2018

What is the toughest sport by skill according to American sports experts? Plus lessons about complex metrics and using lines for discrete values.

Week 18: Bee Colony Loss

May 4, 2018

Bee Colony Loss is a serious topic that impacts all of us and the environment we live in, so we visualized data for the US this week to highlight the problem.

Week 17: Ecological Footprint per Capita

Apr 28, 2018

Week 17 was a collaborating with Global Footprint Network to raise awareness about our ecological footprint on Earth Day

Week 16: Zambia Southern Province Confirmed Malaria Cases

Apr 20, 2018

We were delighted to collaborate with PATH.org this week and in particular use simulated data from their Visualize No Malaria project.

Week 15: Arctic Sea Ice Extent

Apr 14, 2018

The Arctic is melting and this week the Makeover Monday Community helped tell the story of our rising seas.

Week 14: World Wine Production

Apr 7, 2018

For week 14, we challenged the Makeover Monday community to create data stories from a data set about global wine production

Week 13: What is the UK’s Favorite Chocolate Bar?

Mar 30, 2018

The goal for week 13 was to answer a simple question: Which chocolate bar do Brits prefer the most?

Week 12: UK Pet Population in 2017

Mar 23, 2018

For week 12 we asked the community to work with data about the UK’s pet population, comparing different animals and their popularity as pets.

Week 11: Growth in Irish Whiskey Sales

Mar 17, 2018

We saw the creativity come out during week 11 as the vizzers came out trying to win some whiskey!

Week 10: What Policymakers Know About Women and Girl Issues

Mar 9, 2018

This week we’re collaborating with Equal Measures 2030 and Tableau Public for International Women’s Day.

St. Patrick’s Day Special

Mar 9, 2018

Makeover Monday week 11 is going to have a whisky theme and prizes!