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How fast do people listen to podcasts?
About this project
A Japanese survey of podcast listeners becomes an interactive comparison of playback speeds by age. Readers can explore each age group rather than settle for the overall average.
Survey data · Interactive charts · Information design -
When economists win
About this project
An interactive portrait of Economics laureates, tracing each person from birth year to prize year. A complex collection of individual histories becomes one readable pattern.
Nobel records · Temporal data · Interaction design -
The age of literature
About this project
The age of Nobel Literature laureates, explored through a chart connecting birth and award years. It makes individual careers visible within the history of the prize.
Historical data · Parallel coordinates · Visual exploration -
From birth to Nobel Prize
About this project
Nobel winners arranged by the years they were born and received their prizes. The visual structure makes lifetimes and awards comparable across the dataset.
Data collection · Temporal patterns · Visual exploration -
A century of London’s population
About this project
A long view of London’s changing population, turning historical statistics into a compact visual account of the city’s growth and decline.
Historical statistics · Time series · Population data -
How car-free is London?
About this project
A borough-level look at life without cars in London. The chart makes differences in household car ownership easy to compare.
Urban statistics · Comparative charts · London data -
London’s long working weeks are disappearing
About this project
Long working weeks are becoming less common. This chart makes the change visible in London’s employment statistics over time.
Labour statistics · Time series · Data storytelling -
London’s School Streets
About this project
A map of London’s School Streets, showing how a transport policy takes shape across neighbourhoods.
Geospatial data · Urban mobility · Interactive maps -
London hit a recycling wall
About this project
London’s recycling progress has stalled. A time-series chart shows how the trend developed rather than relying on a single headline figure.
Environment data · Time series · Public services -
How fly-tipping changed across London
About this project
Reported fly-tipping across London, examined over time to reveal changes in an everyday problem.
Local government data · Time series · Environment -
London’s pub decline
About this project
London’s disappearing pubs told geographically. Mapping the change reveals where the loss of local venues is concentrated.
Historical geography · Interactive mapping · Urban change -
What Londoners died of in the 1600s
About this project
A seventeenth-century view of how Londoners died, organised as a matrix chart that makes old mortality records easier to investigate.
Historical records · Data interpretation · Matrix charts -
How London’s appliance fires changed
About this project
How fires involving household appliances have changed in London. An incident-data story made legible with a time series.
Fire statistics · Time series · Public safety -
London Underground is mostly above ground
About this project
A simple spatial misconception tested with transport data: much of London Underground actually runs above ground.
Transport data · Proportion charts · Clear comparisons -
How long do London buses and the Cable Car take to make 1.35m passenger journeys?
About this project
How long do buses and the Cable Car take to carry the same number of passengers? A like-for-like comparison reveals the scale of their use.
Transport statistics · Comparative design · Scale -
The City manages green spaces beyond the Square Mile
About this project
The City of London looks after green spaces well beyond the Square Mile. An interactive map makes that otherwise hidden geography visible.
Civic geography · Interactive mapping · Urban nature -
London’s heritage at risk, mapped
About this project
London’s heritage at risk, placed on a map so readers can find vulnerable places and see how the problem is distributed.
Heritage records · Geospatial analysis · Public-interest mapping -
London’s affordable housing, 2011–2026
About this project
A scatterplot exploring London’s affordable housing figures from 2011 to 2026, allowing patterns and differences to emerge.
Housing statistics · Scatterplots · Urban policy -
The Elizabeth line reshaped London’s busiest stations
About this project
Station-use data show how the Elizabeth line has changed the hierarchy of London’s busiest rail stations.
Transport data · Ranked comparisons · Urban change -
London has enough ancient woodland to cover 18 Hyde Parks
About this project
Ancient woodland still survives across London. The map locates these areas and puts their collective size into perspective.
Environmental mapping · Geospatial data · Urban nature -
London tram fare evasion is 2.8× as high as on buses
About this project
Fare evasion on London’s trams compared with buses, showing why relative figures can tell a more revealing story than totals alone.
Transport statistics · Proportions · Comparative reporting -
What 43 years did to London
About this project
A comparison of London in 1983 and 2026, using proportions to put more than four decades of change on the same visual scale.
Historical comparison · Proportion charts · London data -
In 15 years, sewer upgrades cut Thames sewage overflows by 94%
About this project
A 15-year record of Thames sewer upgrades and sewage overflows. The chart places a reported 94% reduction into its longer history.
Water infrastructure · Time series · Environmental data -
How private renting overtook council housing in London
About this project
London’s housing tenure has shifted: private renting overtook council housing. An area chart shows the change in context.
Housing statistics · Area charts · Long-term change -
In 1961, 1 in 3 London households did not have a bath to themselves
About this project
What it meant to live in London in 1961, when one in three households lacked a private bath. A unit chart gives the statistic a human scale.
Census history · Unit charts · Social history -
All 19,367 listed buildings in London, mapped
About this project
An interactive map of all 19,367 listed buildings in London. A large heritage register becomes something people can explore street by street.
Heritage datasets · Large-scale mapping · Public access -
Prime Minister Puzzle
About this project
A 2048-inspired game about British prime ministers. Merge matching tiles to progress through leaders ranked by time in office, with the goal of reaching Margaret Thatcher.
Game design · Political history · Interactive development -
One in 37 London homes is empty
About this project
One in 37 London homes is empty. A unit-based comparison gives the housing statistic a clearer sense of scale.
Housing data · Unit charts · Visual explanation -
London has roughly one tree for every Londoner
About this project
London has roughly one tree for every resident. This visual comparison makes a city-wide environmental estimate tangible.
Urban environment · Numeric comparison · Scale -
What animals do London firefighters rescue?
About this project
Which animals do London firefighters rescue? An unusual angle on public-service data and the wildlife that shares the city.
Public-service data · Categorical comparison · Urban wildlife -
12 years of Chicken Shop Date, mapped
About this project
Twelve years of Chicken Shop Date traced across London, turning a familiar cultural series into an interactive geography.
Cultural data · Location research · Interactive maps -
When you lose an umbrella or jewellery on London public transport, it’s gone
About this project
What happens to the objects lost on London transport? A proportion chart explores the chances of getting particular belongings back.
Transport records · Comparative charts · Everyday data -
Where Londoners born in Bangladesh and Italy live
About this project
Two different geographies of migration in London: where residents born in Bangladesh and Italy live. Paired maps invite comparison.
Census geography · Choropleth maps · Demography -
London is running out of space to bury people
About this project
London’s shrinking room for burials, organised as a ranked comparison to show the pressure on cemetery space.
Civic data · Ranked charts · Urban planning -
London went from two beavers to 18 in four years
About this project
London’s beaver population grew from two to 18 in four years. A before-and-after chart turns a conservation update into a visible change.
Conservation data · Before and after · Urban nature -
How warming spread across the Pacific
About this project
Sea-surface temperature records across 21 Pacific Island countries and territories, spanning 175 years. Thousands of observations reveal how warmer years have become the norm.
Climate datasets · Long-term trends · Interactive visualisation -
Who gets leading roles?
About this project
Who gets leading roles on screen? A data-led look at age, gender and representation, built around a comparison that gives an abstract imbalance scale.
Representation data · Comparative analysis · Visual journalism -
What would it cost today?
About this project
Famous prices from films, books and songs, recalculated in today’s money. A scratch-to-reveal interaction turns an inflation calculation into a small discovery.
Inflation data · Interaction design · Playful storytelling -
How the Isle of Dogs got its name
About this project
A map-led historical investigation of the Isle of Dogs and its name, combining geography with an explanation of a place’s past.
Local history · Map storytelling · Research -
Eclipse vs solar power
About this project
An energy visualisation exploring what happens to solar power during a solar eclipse. A natural event becomes a way to understand electricity generation.
Science communication · Energy data · Visual explanation -
10 embassies owe half of London’s diplomatic congestion charge debt
About this project
Ten embassies account for half of London’s diplomatic congestion charge debt. An official dataset becomes a clear public-accountability comparison.
Public records · Accountability reporting · Comparative charts -
Box-office isolation
About this project
A film-by-film visual account of how Russia’s box office changed after the invasion of Ukraine. Russian films’ revenue share rose from 18% to 73%.
Cinema data · Political context · Interactive charting -
How do you read a city that no longer exists?
About this project
A historical map feature asking how to read a London that no longer exists. The city’s past becomes a place readers can investigate.
Historical cartography · Urban history · Interactive storytelling -
Inside Britain’s greatest royal dockyard
About this project
A visual exploration of Britain’s great royal dockyard, using place-based history to bring an industrial landscape back into view.
Archival research · Historical storytelling · Place-based narrative -
A park full of birds
About this project
A puzzle game about the birds living in a small London park. It uses an interactive format to make local biodiversity something to explore and remember.
Nature communication · Game design · Interactive learning -
Caught by fingerprints
About this project
An interactive account of the fingerprints that helped catch two murderers. A historical crime case becomes a step-by-step investigation.
Archival research · Narrative design · Interactive history -
The long history of breaking the law
About this project
A timeline tracing the long history of crime and punishment, using chronology to make centuries of episodes navigable.
Historical research · Timelines · Narrative structure -
Why Cornwall marched on London
About this project
A historical feature about Cornwall’s march on London, explaining an episode of political conflict through people, events and places.
Historical reporting · Research · Narrative writing