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This week, I found a study on the economic impact of Brexit and the estimates are more dramatic than I would have thought.

Five authors from Stanford University – one of the most prestigious universities …

I thought I had seen it all when it came to poor, but “sexy” visualizations. But I was proven wrong. Perfect for my TGIF series…

A dear colleague showed me this Linkedin Post last week and …

In my last webinar, I started with an optical illusion that would also make a great contribution to my “The Goody I Found” (TGIF) series …

When you look at the image above, what do you …

Hi there, I hope you had a relaxing summer! After a long summer break, it’s time to resume my weekly series ‘The Goody I Found (TGIF)’. Well, I start off playfully …

Quiz question: What does …

For most Americans, this week’s ‘Goody I Found’ might not be ‘so good’.

The New York Times visualises the percentage change of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Big Bill’ on income by annual income household groups.

Turns out: …

It’s just too hot to write in-depth posts, so this week only a short Goody I Found.

Coloured maps – so-called choropleth maps – are not really my thing.
They distort the representation of information, because the …

Today’s Goody I Found is about my “favourite (un-)color”: grey. 😊

Last week I came across a study by the English organisation ‘nesta’, which examined 7,083 photographs of everyday objects from the last 200 years in …

In my post last week I wrote about the ‘interest-driven’ manipulation of axes. Due to current events, I’ll have to add another one …

But this time about truncating the 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗬-𝗮𝘅𝗶𝘀.

Germany’s new Home …

This Weeks Goody I found (TGIF) is about inflation and how to lie by cutting the x-axis …

Last Tuesday I stumbled across a visualisation of the British Conservatives in my Bluesky timeline posted by the …