by Eva Murray | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog |
Original visualization | Data set on data.world | Viz Review Webinar FAVORITES Author: Danny Bradley Link: Tableau Public Author: Kate Schaub Link: Tableau Public Author: Samo Drole Link: Tableau Public Author: Joakim Dalen Tool: R and Inkscape Author: Hania Nykowska...
by Eva Murray | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog |
Wow! What a response rate we’ve had to these first two weeks of Makeover Monday in 2018! We thought last year was crazy, but this year is taking it to a whole new level. I’m struggling to keep up with all the vizzes coming in and I’m delighted to see...
by Eva Murray | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog |
After last week’s smashing results with endless great vizzes and submissions for Makeover Monday, we have another strong week behind us with many excellent visualizations built on a dataset about sustainable public transport in cities around the world. This...
by Eva Murray | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog |
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday we challenged you to visualize 5,000 years of solar eclipse data, provided by NASA. The resulting visualizations were a collection is informative, interactive, artistic and creatively designed stories about solar eclipses across...
by Eva Murray | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog |
With most of the northern hemisphere enjoying a summer break, you’d think there won’t be much dataviz action going on. The Makeover Monday community is not slacking off. As we reflect on another big week of makeovers, there were numerous impactful vizzes...
by Eva Murray | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog |
Whenever we have data on a topic that’s a bit different from the ‘heavier’ datasets about government debt, employment rates or crime statistics, it can admittedly feel a bit self-indulgent. I like cycling, I like bikes and I like when people conquer...
by Eva Murray | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog |
Half-way there! Wow we made it to the half-way mark for 2017! 26 makeovers done, 26 to go. We have really enjoyed the past 6 months and it’s been a very successful time for the project and the dataviz community. We’ve welcomed many new participants and...
by Eva Murray | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog |
After running Makeover Monday live events in Sydney, Paris, Amsterdam and London earlier this year, it was time for us to make an appearance in Germany. Yesterday we kicked off a week of ‘German Makeovers’ in Frankfurt, where The Information Lab hosted us...
by Eva Murray | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog |
This week we analysed data from the Tate Collection. Metadata about thousands of paintings and drawings and probably quite a different dataset for the Makeover Monday community. Oh the creativity! What I really liked seeing this week was the amount of...
by Eva Murray | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog |
Who doesn’t love a map? For week 22 we looked at global internet users across almost 200 countries. Andy and I both had a fair bit of critique for the original viz and I am very pleased with the numerous great submissions from the community. WELL DONE!...
by Eva Murray | May 19, 2017 | Blog |
This week’s Makeover Monday challenge started a few weeks ago when the IADB contacted me about potentially doing a dataviz challenge with us. After chatting with them by email, I couldn’t wait to get Chloe involved, because this sounded like an excellent...
by Eva Murray | May 5, 2017 | Blog |
What a cool week for Makeover Monday. Aside from the live events that happened in Sydney, we also welcomed a number of new community members who submitted their first visualizations this week. The dataset contained aggregated Sydney ferry trips from July 2016 to...
by Eva Murray | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog |
For week 16 we gave the #MakeoverMonday community A LOT of data to work with. 784 million records to be exact. Why? Well, these were my reasons: It’s good to practice with datasets of varying sizes It gives people practice with other types of data sources. In...
by Eva Murray | Apr 15, 2017 | Blog |
We did it in week 6 and we’re doing it again in week 16: We’re giving you a big dataset to work with so you can flex your analytical muscles, try something different, find an interesting story or literally just throw some really big figures on your...
by Eva Murray | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog |
During week 14 we looked at job automation and the potential impact of robots and AI on the UK employment market. The original article was sent to us by Nicholas Bignell and provided a lot of background information. I personally thought the topic was quite fascinating...
by Eva Murray | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog |
In a nod to our friends at Saint Joseph’s university in Philadelphia, I picked March Madness data for week 12, highlighting the phenomenon that is US college basketball. The original article focused on the challenges around predicting which teams will feature in...
by Eva Murray | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
For week 8 of Makeover Monday we looked at the EU potato sector, including harvested production, cultivated areas, yield and prices. Why did I pick data about potatoes? Because I love potatoes. I think they’re the best vegetable in the world and most people at...
by Eva Murray | Jan 13, 2017 | Blog |
Week 2 was a makeover of a bar chart showing iPhone units sold since the first iPhone was released in 2007. This week we received over 150 submissions. In light of the criticism of the data for the week 1 challenge, I decided to state a few observations I made on the...
