Data Visualization Society

From Metrics to Mood: The Emotional Story in A HYROX Race, Nightingale In the world of sports performance, data is everywhere.

📊 Dive into the emotional story behind performance data with Andrew Peters' latest article, exploring how colors, rhythm, and design choices turn simple metrics into feelings of pride or disappointment.

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In the Shadow of Edmund Halley: Solar Eclipses, Citizen Science, and Qualitative Dataviz, Nightingale On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse crossed North America from the Pacific Coast of Mexico to the island of Newfoundland, off the eastern coast of...

📊 How do you visualize a shared experience of awe and wonder?

Callie Dean discusses how her modern-day citizen science project, gathering qualitative data from the 2024 total solar eclipse, created a collective viewpoint using lenticular prints.

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Mapping Change: How One Design Studio Navigated 20 Years at the Forefront of a Changing Industry, Nightingale Applied Works is a London-based design studio celebrating their 20th anniversary.

📊 Applied Works has spent two decades navigating the ever-changing data vis landscape.

Erica Gunn sat down with them to learn how their "north star" principles guided the London-based studio from early motion graphics to climate, societal issues, and data science.
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Graphic promoting a virtual coworking event happening on November 20 at 7 pm UTC.

Get productive in our next free coworking event on 11/20 at 7 PM UTC. Work on your #dataviz project, meet like-minded individuals, and hold each other accountable in a supportive environment. Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-visua...

Connect with others who are just getting started with data viz through this free informal networking event on 11/18 at 4 PM UTC. Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-visua...

Graphic promoting Data Craft Circle on December 1 at 8pm Eastern to gather folks working on analog data experiences.

Working on a holiday gift? Want to plan your 2026 projects? Join our last Data Craft Circle of 2025! Connect with others working on analog data experiences on Dec. 1. Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-craft...

Poster featuring a photo of the speaker alongside her quote. The text reads: "How did your journey into Information Design lead you to the IIBA? 'I wanted to do work that felt more meaningful, which led me to the Information Design program at the Berlin University of the Arts, which truly changed everything for me. I found something I love. Submitting my project to the Information is Beautiful Awards was a way to share my work more widely, to reach people beyond my immediate circle, and to connect with an international community of designers who inspire me.'”

1 day left — here’s a sneak peek from our last Spotlight Speaker ✨
🎙️ Catch her talk 11/7 at 4 PM UTC
Check out the series here:
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Data Visualization & Affective Computing. Design That Manipulates Emotions or Design That Helps Reflect on Emotions?, Nightingale What are emotions and how design is connected Emotions are complex. They are not feelings nor are they desires

📊 Affective computing explores how interactive systems can detect and respond to emotions.

Daria Koshkina discusses the difference between informative models that classify emotions and interactive models that offer a safe space for reflection and empathy.

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From Pixels to Parks: The Intersection of Data Visualisation and Urban Greening, Nightingale Italian designer, Bruno Munari, famously argued that “Art shall not be separated from life: things that are good to look at, and bad to be used, should...

How can design principles bridge the gap between digital data representation and the physical reality of urban green spaces?

Isobel Parkes explores the shared principle of form following function, using Taipei's urban greening strategy as a case study.

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Poster announcing Hà Thanh Thư Nguyễn as the last IIBA Spotlight Speaker. Promotes her talk on November 7 at 4 PM UTC, part of a series highlighting creative and analytical professionals.

Meet Hà Thanh Thư Nguyễn, our last IIBA Spotlight Speaker! 🎨
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Poster featuring a photo of the speaker alongside her quote. The text reads: "What inspired you to pursue a Master’s in Information Design? 'I decided to pursue a Master’s in Information Design, where data visualization plays a major role. It was definitely challenging at first, but I soon discovered there's a whole community that’s deeply passionate about it. Entering the IIB Awards felt like my way of stepping into that world and being part of the conversation.

2 days left — here’s a sneak peek from our third Spotlight Speaker ✨
🎙️ Catch her talk 11/1 at 2 PM UTC
Check out the series here:
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Poster announcing Anandana Dutta as the third IIBA Spotlight Speaker. Promotes her talk on November 1 at 2 PM UTC, part of a series highlighting creative and analytical professionals.

Meet Anandana Dutta, our third IIBA Spotlight Speaker! 🖌️
🎙️ Catch her talk 11/1 at 2 PM UTC
Check out the series here: www.eventbrite.com/o/data-visua...

We're hiring a Conference Director to manage and organize Outlier 2026, a one-of-a-kind data viz conference hosted by the Data Visualization Society. Apply by November 21.

📢 We're hiring! Join our team as the Conference Director to shape and manage #Outlier2026, the global data viz conference. Apply or learn more: datavisualizationsociety.org/outlier-conference-director

LA on the Move: Data Vandals Bring Wildlife and Humans Together at Union Station, Nightingale The relationship between nature and the city is often framed as a tension—wilderness versus concrete, animals versus humans.

📊 This exhibition shows LA not just as a city of humans, but as a shared habitat where five animal species navigate the urban landscape alongside us.

"LA on the Move" by @datavandals.bsky.social transforms ecological data into a fascinating view of city life.

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Exploring Data Detective Practices as a Class Activity, Nightingale Figure 1.

📊 Stop analyzing just the data you can see; become a Data Detective.

This active investigative practice focuses on uncovering missing, partial, or deliberately obscured datasets to reveal the power dynamics and structural inequalities hidden within society.

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2 days left — here’s a sneak peek from our next Spotlight Speaker ✨
🎙️ Catch her talk 10/24 at 4 PM UTC
Check out the series here: www.eventbrite.com/o/data-visua...
Connect with her:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ella-tudome
X: x.com/ellalovesdata

YouTube video by VizChitra VizChitra 2025 Highlights | India's first community-run Data Visualisation Conference

What started as a chat over gobhi ke parathe has grown into VizChitra, India’s first community-run data visualization conference📈🎉

Here’s a peek at #VizChitra2025 in action👀 — the hands, minds & stories that made it all come alive 💡📊

Poster announcing Emmanuella Tudome as the second IIBA Spotlight Speaker. Promotes her talk on October 24 at 4 PM UTC, part of a series highlighting creative and analytical professionals.

Meet Emmanuella Tudome, our second IIBA Spotlight Speaker! 📊
🎙️ Catch her talk 10/24 at 4 PM UTC
Check out the series here:
Connect with her:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ella-tudome
X: x.com/ellalovesdata

Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our DEI Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply now: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

Poster featuring a photo of the speaker alongside her quote. The text reads: “What drew you to the Information is Beautiful Awards? ‘Data visualization is something I have always been interested in. As a kid, I was obsessed with infographics. I still have my copy of the Visual Miscellaneum, one of the various data-vis books I cherished back before I knew I would be creating the same type of work. It's a full circle moment for me, seeing Information is Beautiful credited at the back of this book from my childhood after making the shortlist for the IIB Awards.’”

2 days left — here’s a sneak peek from our first Spotlight Speaker ✨
🎙️ Catch her talk 10/18 at 3 PM UTC
Check out the series here:
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Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Executive Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply now: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Knowledge Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply now: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

Breaking Stereotypes in Women’s Football, Nightingale It was 2015, a year that has been etched into my memory.

📊 A surge is happening in women's football, with record-breaking attendance and digital engagement at events like the UEFA Women's Euro.

Sachi Mahajan dives into the data and story of athletes who are breaking stereotypes and setting new standards for the game.

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Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Programs Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply by October 21: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

Poster announcing Annika Zitto as the first IIBA Spotlight Speaker. Promotes her talk on October 18 at 3 PM UTC, part of a series highlighting creative and analytical professionals.

Meet Annika Zitto, our first IIBA Spotlight Speaker! 🎨
🎙️ Catch her talk 10/18 at 3 PM UTC
Check out the series here: www.eventbrite.com/o/data-visua...
Connect with her:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annikazitto
IG: @iguannika

Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Publications Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply by October 21: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Events Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply by October 21: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

Datavis as a Community Experience: How to (Not) Create a Datavis in a Group, Nightingale Do you know individuals who seem to focus on one thing for their whole life? I’m on the opposite side of the scale.

📊 How can you turn data visualization into a community experience?

Nina Koch (@nk-yeahyeah.bsky.social) shares her insights and lessons from a fascinating, fast-paced workshop where participants co-created a datavis about their changing interests over time.

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Graphic promoting the IIBA Spotlight Series, featuring four early-career data visualization practitioners shortlisted in the Information is Beautiful Awards. The poster lists the following event dates: October 18 at 3 PM UTC, October 24 at 4 PM UTC, November 1 at 2 PM UTC, and November 7 at 4 PM UTC.

✨ Big news! We’re launching the IIBA Spotlight Series, featuring early-career data viz practitioners shortlisted in the IIB Awards!
Hear their stories, see their projects, and get inspired by the next generation of data storytellers.
👀 Kicks off Oct 18!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/o/data-visua...

Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Education Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply by October 21: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.