An alternative view on a timeline of notable people
Based on a database of notable this small interactive experiment shows an alternative view of a timeline: who was alive at the same time, and how old was someone at each specific year.
Visually explore meta data and cross references in annotated texts about education and digital capitalism.
An interactive visualization that allows students and researchers to explore meta data and cross references in annotated texts about education and digital capitalism.
The online version of the Sustainable Development Goals Atlas 2023
Award wining online version of the Sustainable Development Goals Atlas 2023, telling stories about the state of the world and the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Explainer data animation to support a masterclass presentation on the risks in geopolitics of semicondutors and critical resource materials.
Explainer data animation to support a masterclass presentation on the risks in geopolitics of semicondutors and critical resource materials.
Visualization of the archive, annotations of his works and library of German philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld.
Visualization of the archive, annotations of his works and library of German philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld
A view of 100 years of bird banding of the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory.
A visual exploration of 100 years of bird banding data from the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory
The Data Stories companion website of the World Development Report 2021.
Together with Maarten Lambrechts and Beyond Words Studio, we have developed the Data Stories companion website for the Word Development Report 2021.
The online version of the Sustainable Development Goals Atlas 2020
Together with a large team of professionals, we have developed the online version of the Sustainable Development Goals Atlas 2020. I worked on the visuals for SDG10 and SDG17.
An interactive visualization that helps researchers communicate neuron connectivity of the brain of a fruit fly.
An interactive visualization of a connectome that helps researchers communicate how individual neurons in the brain of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) are connected to each other
Measuring dataset similarity using optimal transport
Together with BloomingData we designed and implemented the interactive visuals for the online post on Microsoft's research paper of "Measuring dataset similarity using optimal transport (OTDD)".
A ‘real-time’ simulation that shows how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each country.
This simulation gives you an intuitive ‘feel’ for how fast COVID-19 is spreading in every country. See it, and hear it, in ‘real-time’!
An interactive visual experiment that based on mixture of fish tracking data
An interactive visual experiment based on a mixture of data collected from fish passing by through a Smart Visift
An average working day of train traffic in The Netherlands
Interactive animated 3D visualization of train traffic on an average working day in The Netherlands as part of the NS 2019 annual report.
An alternative EU elections vote matching
See where political parties of the EU 2019 elections overlap and differ with each other, and you. You can only select opinions and combinations of opinions that parties share.
One day of train movement simulation
A simulation of one of the busiest days of Dutch train traffic that distorts the map based on how well-connected stations are.
The state of fish population and coral in the Pacific Ocean.
An interactive exploration of the change of coral and fish population for islands over time in the Pacific Ocean. Based on data from NOAA.
Gaia 1.3 billion stars
An exploration of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, using data from the second data release of ESA’s Gaia mission.
Stories about living with water
In collaboration with De Voorhoede, we have developed a website and visualization that allows users to explore stories related to water issues world wide.
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A revolutionary new guide to pairing ingredients, based on a famous chef’s groundbreaking research into the chemical basis of flavor.
Eclipses to the year 3000
A radial eclipse calender that shows eclipse occurrences for the next 3000 years.
The Hipparcos star catalogue
The ESA Star Mapper is a visualization tool that allows you to explore various aspects of more than 60.000 stars from the Hipparcos mission.
Collection of architecture archives
An interactive visualization of the contents and structure of one of the largest collections of architecture and urban planning archives in the world.
Variations in car travel time
A data visualization animation that shows 1 day of traffic in the Netherlands at 1 minute intervals. Road segments are offset based on the deviation from assumed normal travel time.
New exoplanets expected to be found
A print graphic showing the new exoplanets expected to be found with the new TESS and CHEOPS space satellites.
World wide tree densities
A visualization of a new research that shows the estimate of 3.04 trillion trees in the world. The visualization was used as the cover image of Nature magazine, and also an animation was produced from this visualization.
Randomly generated spirographs
An exploration into the aesthetic beauty of spirographs. Random spirographs can be generated and viewed in 2D and 3D.
Movement of a highrise building and its damper in a storm
A visualization that shows an engineering simulation of the movement of a supertall building and its tuned mass damper during a windstorm over time.
U.S. presidential inauguration speeches compared.
A visual exploration of historical Presidential inauguration speeches through Google search data.
Potentially habitable exoplanets
Created for the Space themed opening night of Visualized 2015, this visualization shows various aspects of exoplanets considered to be potentially habitable, also known as Goldilocks planets.
Uniquely generated snowflake
A unique snowflake that is generated based on text. Text can be customized and the snowflake can be shared as seasonal greeting with friends and family.
Human vs. mouse brain activity
Research shows that the activity in the brains of mice and humans are different, so are mice good test subjects? This is a part of a visualization that shows the difference in brain activity in mice and humans.
Foods that go well together
A recreation of a network visualization from a research paper, that shows which ingredients go well together, based on the number of compounds they share.
Reports of municipality problems
An interactive visualization built for the local government of Den Haag that allows them to explore municipality issue reported by citizens about public spaces in the city.
Plant uses for humans
A network visualization that shows the interconnection between humans and plants. This visualization is an artistic approach to show the many uses of plants for humans, based on the Plants for a Future dataset.
Dataviz as part of a corporate identity
As a data intensive organization, Nielsen wanted to have data visualization become part of their corporate identity. Images as these were designed and generated so that they can be used as aesthetic illustration in brochures for example.
Transfer of disease in a hospital.
Based on a research on so-called nosocomial infections in a hospital using RFID tags, this visualization shows a network of groups of people who have had the most close interactions. People with many contacts are more susceptible to transferring diseases.
Voting similarities between cities
A visual exploration of the similarities between the voting results of cities of the Dutch national Parliament elections in 2012.
An interactive 3D map of the creative industry in Amsterdam
An interactive 3D visualization of Amsterdam that shows 4 creative hotspots in the city, and was shown during the launch event of the formal collaboration between 3 universities in Amsterdam.
Housing market in the U.S.
The winning entry for a visualization contest to represent statistics of the U.S. housing market in a non-conventional and creative way.
