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PastTalkShaping AI for Critical Creative FuturesNortheastern University29 OCT 26BostonPastTalkGuest lecture at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolCambridge, MAOCT. 21, 2026PastWorkshopData in Public Spaces: 3-day workshopSchool of Visual ArtsOCT. 15-17, 2026New YorkPastEventData Vandals × Center for BrainHealthConcordia Annual SummitSEPTEMBER 2026New YorkPastNewsArchtober TakeoverData Vandals NewsstandOCTOBER 2026PastInterview“Data is in the eye of the beholder”A conversation with LeffAUGUST 2026PastNewsDiscovering 326 years of a family storyRay Family Story.comOCT, 2026PastNewsOld Maps of NYCOldMaps.DataVandals.com2026PastNewsVarious photographs by JFONGOINGPastEventLA LovesKick It in the ParkJUNE 11-JULY 19, 2026PastInterviewMaking data too human to ignoreMcKinsey Alumni NewsJUNE 2026PastTalkHow do you have a conversation with a city?NY Tech WeekJUNE 2026New YorkPastEventNYC 401st birthday, New YorkData Vandals NewsstandMAY 24, 2026New YorkPastWorkshopArts Datathon, Los AngelesInner-City ArtsAPR 29, 2026Los AngelesPastInterviewTaking data visualization off the screen and into the streetsThe PolicyViz PodcastAPRIL 2026On viewExhibitionThe Data Vandals go undergroundMini-documentaryAPRIL 2026New YorkPastWorkshop1-hour workshop, New YorkNY School of DataMARCH 26, 2026New YorkPastEssayData needs to drive conversations, not divisionNieman LabDECEMBER 2025PastEssayWe need more data communicationFast CompanyDECEMBER 2025PastTalkDesigning Trust: Creating a Future Where Data Connects UsSchool of Visual ArtsDECEMBER 2025New YorkPastEssayA brief history of (data) communicationSeeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, ArtDECEMBER 2025PastWorkshopNOAHCON 25, New York1-hour workshopNOV 17, 2025New YorkPastInterviewA live conversation with Bill ShanderStakeholder Whispering LIVEOCTOBER 2025LinkedIn LiveOn viewExhibitionLA on the MoveUnion Station, Los AngelesSEPT 2025 – NOV 2026PastTalkVisualizing Complexity Science: guest lectureComplexity Science HubAUGUST 2025ViennaPastWorkshop2-day workshop, 20 m² of green dataMOME Open, Budapest21-22 AUG 25BudapestPastWorkshop2-day exhibition workshopCentraal Museum Utrecht4-5 AUG, 2025Graphic HuntersPastTalkVisualization for ImpactGordon Research ConferenceJULY 2025Bates CollegePastWorkshopData That Moves Us workshopCanva HQ London10 JUL 25Canva HQ LondonPastExhibitionThe Great London SurveyLondon Data WeekJULY 7-11, 2025London Data WeekPastTalkBeyond the Blobs: Visualizing the Psychedelic BrainPsychedelic Science 2025JUNE 2025DenverPastEssayThe "Dashboard" is brokenNightingaleAPRIL 2025PastEssayMy 6 years at NightingaleNightingaleAPRIL 2025PastNewsStreets to StabilityCrankstartAPRIL 2025San FranciscoPastWorkshopGuerrilla Data Lab, BrooklynBRIC / NYC Open Data Week30 MAR 25BrooklynPastEssayHow to get a jobNightingaleFEBRUARY 2025PastInterview“All data visualization is a dialogue”Observable BlogDEC 2024PastTalkThe Data Dilemma: Creative Solutions for Data-Driven FuturesAICAD Symposium, ArtCenterNOVEMBER 2024PasadenaPastWorkshop2-Day Hands-on Data workshopArtCenter College of Design11-14 NOV 24PastExhibitionNY Eats!The Cooper Union2024PastExhibitionHello From The Data VandalsThe Cooper Union27-29 SEP 24PastTalkIsotype and Graphic LanguageBritish Academy, LondonSEPTEMBER 2024LondonPastNewsWeek one of the Jason Forrest AgencyAPRIL 2024New YorkPastTalkData-driven thinking for everyday lifeDataCamp RadarSEPTEMBER 2023OnlinePastWorkshopRadical Times: Data Vandals in LinzKunstuniversität LinzSUMMER 2023Linz, AustriaPastInterviewFive charts that changed the worldBBC IdeasMARCH 2023PastEssayMonroe N. Work: A pioneer in Black dataNightingale2023PastEssayI Asked an AI to Draw a ChartNightingaleJUNE, 2022PastEssayPatrick Abercrombie's "Greater London Plan"Nightingale2022PastEssayHow to Solve It, and by it I mean anythingNightingale2022PastEssayReview: Julie Mehretu at the WhitneyNightingaleNOVEMBER 2021PastTalkConvergence: Isotype by intentionIsotype and Beyond ConferenceOCTOBER 2021ViennaPastInterviewThe South China Morning Post infographics teamNightingaleOCTOBER 2021PastEssayNew York Alive!NightingaleMARCH 2021PastInterviewInformation DesignNodes of DesignMARCH 2021PastEssayWar and human natureNightingaleJANUARY 2021PastTalkThe data visualizations of W.E.B. Du BoisW.E.B. Du Bois lectures2021PastTalkExploring the data visualizations of W.E.B. Du BoisUniversity of OxfordOCTOBER 2020OnlinePastEssayThe influence of Isotype in New Deal information designNightingaleOCT, 2020PastNewsRudolf Modley's Telefacts, 1938–1945Tumblr archive1938–1945 ARCHIVEPastEssayThe Telefacts of Life: Rudolf Modley’s Isotypes in American Newspapers 1938–1945NightingaleMAY 2020PastEssayIsotype: an exploration in designCollected articles2019–2021PastInterviewJohn Burn-Murdoch's dataviz helped the world understand COVIDNightingaleAPRIL, 2020PastEssayExploring Soviet Isotypes: "The Struggle for Five Years in Four"NightingaleAPRIL 2020PastEssayThe Great Emoji Movie ChallengeNightingaleAPRIL 2020PastNewsBirthing Dataviz: Steven Heller on the Isotype archiveDesign Observer2020PastEssayLessons of Isotype, part 3: "Our Two Democracies at Work"NightingaleMARCH 2020PastEssayLessons of Isotype, part 2: "Our Private Lives"NightingaleFEBRUARY 2020PastEssayLessons of Isotype, part 1: "Only an Ocean Between"NightingaleFEBRUARY 2020PastEssayThe missing legacy of Marie NeurathNightingaleJANUARY 2020PastEssayThe greatest library you've never heard ofNightingaleOCTOBER 2019PastEssay"Treatise": a visual symphony of information designNightingale2019PastInterviewMichelle Rial's new book dreams of being on your coffee tableNightingaleSEPTEMBER 2019PastInterviewThe data we do not see: Giorgia LupiNightingaleAUGUST 2019PastInterviewThe process of familiarity: Nicholas RougeuxNightingaleJULY 2019PastInterviewIntricate & visually exciting: Nadieh BremerNightingaleJULY 2019PastNewsNightingale: founding the journal of the Data Visualization Society2019–2025PastEssayData visualization in the age of CommunismNightingaleJUNE 2019PastEssayExplaining a single Isotype: simplicity from complexityNightingaleJUNE 2019PastEssayThe Gilded Age map that shines a light on America's past and presentNightingaleMAY 2019PastEssayJohn Chappelsmith's map of the 1852 tornadoNightingaleAPRIL 2019PastEssayDesigned and drawn with infinite care: the pictorial maps of Ernest Dudley ChaseNightingaleMARCH 2019PastInterviewCatherine D'Ignazio on Data FeminismNightingaleMARCH 2019PastEssayModeling reality: physical data visualizationsNightingaleMARCH 2019PastEssayHilma af Klint: visualizing the spirit worldNightingaleFEBRUARY 2019PastEssayLessons from Garry Winogrand on creative flowNightingaleFEBRUARY 2019PastNewsDesign and typography: posters & type2017PastEssayThe Data Visualizations of W.E.B. Du Bois: a six-part seriesNightingale2018–2019PastTalkData visualizations, New YorkUX + Data Meetup2019New YorkPastTalkThe Data Visualizations of W.E.B. Du BoisTapestry 2018NOVEMBER 2018University of MiamiPastInterviewHank Shocklee vs. Jason Forrest: an interview for XLR8RSEP, 2005