Last Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, the third annual Information is Beautiful Awards celebrated data visualization at its best. Hundreds of entries were trimmed to an elite set of outstandingly illuminating infographics, over which the judges deliberated long and hard. Now, with thanks to their generous sponsors Kantar, here are the winners.
Data Visualization
Gold – Rappers, Sorted by Size of Vocabulary by Matthew Daniels
Silver – Weather Radials Poster by Timm Kekeritz
Bronze – The Depth of the Problem by The Washington Post
Special mention – The Analytical Tourism Map of Piedmont by Marco Bernardi, Federica Fragapane and Francesco Majno
Infographic
Gold – Creative Routines by RJ Andrews
Silver – Game of Thrones Decoded by Heather Jones
Bronze – The Graphic Continuum by Jonathan Schwabish and Severino Ribecca
Interactive
Gold – The Refugee Project by Hyperakt and Ekene Ijeoma
Silver – How Americans Die by Bloomberg Visual Data
Joint Bronze – Commonwealth War Dead: First World War Visualised by James Offer
Joint Bronze – World Food Clock by Luke Twyman
Motion infographic
Gold – NYC Taxis: A Day in the Life by Chris Whong
Silver – Beyond Bytes by Maral Pourkazemi
Bronze – Everything You Need to Know about Planet Earth by Kurzgesagt
Special mention – Energy by Adam Nieman
Website
Gold – Selfiecity by Moritz Stefaner
Silver – OECD Regional Well-Being by Moritz Stefaner
Bronze – After Babylon by Sofia Girelli, Eleonora Grotto, Pietro Lodi, Daniele Lupatini and Emilio Patuzzo
Tool
Gold – RAW by Density Design Research Lab
Silver – Kennedy by Brendan Dawes
Bronze – Figure it Out by Friedrich Riha
Student
Individual
Studio
FFunction, Women in Science and HP What Matters
Corporate
Schwandt Infographics, Biobased Economy
Community
The Rite of Spring by Stephen Malinowski and Jay Bacal
Most Beautiful
RAW by Density Design Research Lab
Michael Sandberg's Data Visualization Blog 