By SANDRA RENDGEN Some technical terms are so ubiquitous and (apparently) unambigious, that they almost…
The Culture Section
Data journalism for the people
By SANDRA RENDGEN Oh boy, we live in exciting times. Not many generations in history…
The defeat: In one of the best data maps ever, an entire army is wiped out
By SANDRA RENDGEN In the world of data visualisation there are only few works which…
Mapping time: 1,700 years of England and France on a single page
By SANDRA RENDGEN Picture this: you want to plot data describing two large geographic entities,…
See the Mississippi meander: bringing a restless river’s history to life
By SANDRA RENDGEN Oh, the Mississippi. The ‘Father of Waters’, famous for its tendency to…
Professors invented the timeline to help students deal with complexity
By SANDRA RENDGEN Timelines seem like such a „natural idea“ these days that we don’t…
Religious strategies: how to make complexity accessible to the masses
By SANDRA RENDGEN I stumbled upon this severe beauty of a tree diagram from 1608…
A problem of scale: how to wrap up Earth’s history
By SANDRA RENDGEN The Earth is roughly four and a half billion years old. For…
The map that creates a new world order
By SANDRA RENDGEN In these days of restricted travel, maps bring us some comfort –…
Infectious diseases: The persuasive power of data in public health
By SANDRA RENDGEN Visualising data on health and mortality has a most up-to-date ring to…