“If you don’t find it, build it.”

When it comes to data visualization, I’ve always been a bit curious why there wasn’t a nested bar chart interface where one could explore the figures/information that make up a specific piece of data. And how can it also be done in an engaging and interactive way?

Voila! This is my go at it.

I used 2010 census data about New York City’s population by borough and neighborhood, available on NYC Open Data. With this visualization, you can visually see the population of each neighborhood and how many people and all the neighborhoods that make up the millions of people who live in the five boroughs of New York City. I’m a little biased...NYC, specifically Brooklyn, has been my home since 2002!

Taking a different data set, I gathered data about all cars sold in the US in 2018 and visualized it as well. I personally like German cars and I had no idea that they had such a small market share in the US!

This visualization is also a continuation of another design investigation I made a few years prior: NYC Trees. It’s safe to say that I like bar charts. I love its simplicity and the exploration of possibilities when it comes to this well-known method of graphing.

Get in touch with us for feedback or suggestions! I’d love to hear from you.

Credits
Concept & Interaction design: Allen Yee of Cloudred / Programming: Cristian Zapata
Made with D3.js and Vue.js