Archive - Visual Cinnamon's Newsletter

A DataViz Christmas Card, a 3D Bar Chart, Astronomy Data Art, and more!

I (finally) created a data visualization Christmas Card that I want to share with you. But I also show the article I wrote for Nightingale magazine with…

Dec 19, 2023 •

July 2023

Fictional Space Maps, Exploring our Inner Mind, MCM art, and Maps of Switzerland

I did a lot of data and generative art over the past few months, from creating fictional star maps for Axiom Space, exploring our inner mind for my…

Jul 13, 2023 •

April 2023

Custom (Personal Data) Maps & Exoplanet Art

I don’t often get to work on maps, but a trip to Norway made me dive into OpenStreetMap and how to make a custom map (using JavaScript). And there are…

Apr 3, 2023 •

October 2022

Diving Headfirst into Data & Generative Art

It’s been a long time since my previous newsletter. I had to look it up; the previous one was from July 2021! I’ve created lots of new works since then…

Oct 26, 2022 •

July 2021

I Co-Wrote a Book!! Data Sketches is released

Lots of new updates! I co-wrote a book (!), stopped working to go back to studying at the Fab Academy for 6 months, created my biggest data art piece…

Jul 13, 2021 •

September 2020

A Data Art System for Sony Music & several Astronomy DataViz Projects

Data Art for Sony Music | Design blogs galore | Free shipping in my store | Satellites for Scientific American | Interview with Andy Kirk

Sep 22, 2020 •

May 2020

Opening an Online Shop for High-Quality DataViz Prints & Pen Plots!

Lots of new things to share! The biggest update is that I've opened up an online shop! I'm selling high-quality prints of several of my favorite data…

May 11, 2020 •

January 2020

Aliens, Two Big Posters, and an Interactive DataViz

A lot of print and poster work this time! From a full spread about star-hopping alien civilizations for the Scientific American. But also the attitudes…

Jan 6, 2020 •

October 2019

Imaging the Entire Earth Every Day, Tracking Your Trackers, and more

From visualizing the insane number of trackers that follow us online for the New York Times to revealing how our planet is imaged every day for Planet…

Oct 16, 2019 •

June 2019

A Giant DataViz Project about how We Try to Better Understand our Pets

From exploring how people search for their cats & dogs with Google, to a new blog about the challenges of doing dataviz on mobile vs desktop, revealing…

Jun 11, 2019 •

January 2019

A Giant Network for UNESCO and a Course on Skillshare with my Personal Tips

From revealing connections in our culture with UNESCO to a new dataviz course on Skillshare and debunking the myth of having a "normal" body temperature…

Jan 7, 2019 •

August 2018

A Brand-New Website and Visualizing Constellations Across Cultures

It took a few months, but I made a brand-new website! This time it’s all “homegrown” (using hugo), so I could make it exactly as I wanted (well, as far…

Aug 1, 2018 •

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