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What Are Your Fingernails Telling You?
Your fingernails can tell you a lot about your health. From vitamin deficiencies to potentially life-threatening conditions, the signs may be in your hands—literally. Take a look at these common nail...
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How Much Did the Department of the Defense Pay the NFL to Salute the Troops?
New government documents obtained by NJ.com reveal what some taxpayers may consider disturbing spending by the Department of Defense. A total of $5.4 million in taxpayer money was paid to the NFL...
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New Research Shows Fewer Americans Identify as Christian
According to a recent Pew Research survey of 35,000 people age 18 and older, Americans’ religious affiliations are notably shifting. While America is still home to more Christians than any other...
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Exploring the Fear of Failure and Creative Success
If there’s one thing that is kryptonite to creativity, it’s fear of failure. Every working creative knows this struggle and how it can affect the work you do. To explore this theme, Visual News’ parent...
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5 Charts That Every Creative Can Relate to
Whether you’re a designer or copywriter, director or photographer, it’s cool to say what you do at a cocktail party. But the reality of creative professions is a little less glamorous. Long hours,...
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A Q&A Conversation with the Creator of Metrico, The Infographic-Inspired...
Infographics are more than mainstream; they’re moving into the immersive entertainment world. The new video game Metrico (great name, even better tagline: A Game About Infographics and Free Will), was...
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We Look at How Police Body Cameras Work, and How Effective They Are
Open up just about any U.S. news source, and you’ll see stories of controversial police-involved shootings or the use of excessive force. While the finger often gets pointed at law enforcement in...
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What Are The Most Common Jobs Held by Immigrants in Each State?
Immigrants come from all over the world to find opportunities in the US, but what are the most common jobs they hold? Andy Kiersz of Business Insider used data from the American Community Survey and...
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Video Shows How to Add Bike Lanes Without Messing Up Traffic Flow
As bike lanes get added to streets around the US one common concern keeps arising: how will this affect congestion? Narrowing roadways by including bike lanes seems like it would clearly increase car...
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5 Ways to Know If You Have a Good Idea
Whether you’re a freelance designer, visual artist, or creative working on a brand campaign, coming up with good ideas is tough. (Check out our 10 tips to run a kickass brainstorm if you need help in...
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These Maps are Fake, But You’ll Still Want to Explore Them
Most maps depict a real place in the world, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Sometimes images that look like maps can be excellent tools for getting an idea across. We’ve rounded up 9 exceptional...
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#TBT: Colorful Data Visualizations from the 1800s
Good data visualization helps us see the meaning in data, hence it has always been an important tool. Today computers crunch numbers and design programs help us visualize data in many ways, from...
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9 Powerful Infographics That Will Change The Way You See the World
A picture speaks louder than words, but only if it’s the right picture. Here we share 9 examples of infographics that powerfully communicate insightful new understandings about our world. 1) Where we...
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A Wonderful 1939 Book on Graphs, Available Free Online
Willard Cope Brinton’s classic 1939 book Graphic Presentation begins like this: “There is a magic in graphs. The profile of a curve reveals in a flash the whole situation—the life history of an...
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We Gave a Visual Makeover to 3 Everyday Things to Make Them More Useful
Information design makes life easier. Whether it’s how to assemble an Ikea bedstand or where the subway route goes, a well-designed piece that combines visual cues to communicate is a beautiful thing....
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Martin Vargic Releases His Miscellany of Curious Maps (Including a Map of...
The Internet is a vast world, one that 17-year-old Slovakian artist Martin Vargic set about mapping for his comprehensive (and Internet famous) 2014 Map of the Internet 1.0. Vargic took his inspiration...
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8 Observations About Everyday Life Everyone Can Relate To
Sometimes we like to express our mood through charts, sometimes through design. It’s Monday, man, and we’re in a little bit of a “what’s the deal?” kind of mood. Luckily, our designers at Column Five...
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This is How Every US State Has Voted, Since the First Presidential Election
It’s become common knowledge that the US is a two-party system when it comes to elections. It’s blue vs. red, Democrats vs. Republicans, and that’s it. But history has a different story to tell. Max...
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3 Trends That Are Changing the Future of Infographics
In the wake of the infographic rennaissance and subsequent saturation, infographics have been declared dead many a time. Yet that’s just not true. The medium is as alive as ever; it’s simply evolving....
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Not a Pretty Picture: Map Visualizes Years of Shrinking Sea Ice in the Arctic
Each year sea ice in the arctic grows and shrinks with the warming and cooling of the seasons. During the dark winter months of September to March, sea ice expands to its maximum extent, then slowly...
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