Attila Bátorfy
@attilabatorfy.bsky.social
dataviz and information graphics at ELTE MMI
portfolio: https://attilabatorfy.com/
head of visual journalism project: https://atlo.team/
book order: https://eltebook.hu/batorfy-attila-adatvizualizacio
blog: https://attilabatorfy.substack.com/
portfolio: https://attilabatorfy.com/
head of visual journalism project: https://atlo.team/
book order: https://eltebook.hu/batorfy-attila-adatvizualizacio
blog: https://attilabatorfy.substack.com/
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#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Nov 23, 1916 Charles Booth died in Thringstone, Leicestershire, England 🏴
1889: Social mapping. Street maps of London, showing poverty and wealth by color coding--> transforming existing methods of social survey and poverty mapping towards the end of the 19th C
💀Nov 23, 1916 Charles Booth died in Thringstone, Leicestershire, England 🏴
1889: Social mapping. Street maps of London, showing poverty and wealth by color coding--> transforming existing methods of social survey and poverty mapping towards the end of the 19th C
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Nov 23, 1916 Charles Booth died in Thringstone, Leicestershire, England 🏴
1889: Social mapping. Street maps of London, showing poverty and wealth by color coding--> transforming existing methods of social survey and poverty mapping towards the end of the 19th C
💀Nov 23, 1916 Charles Booth died in Thringstone, Leicestershire, England 🏴
1889: Social mapping. Street maps of London, showing poverty and wealth by color coding--> transforming existing methods of social survey and poverty mapping towards the end of the 19th C
We are putting together the next interview with Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social I can tell you, that it will be a tour de force about the history of dataviz. Coming soon! Until then you can read the first in the series with RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com.
Moving past superficial histories: interview with RJ Andrews
The Curious Cabinet #1.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are putting together the next interview with Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social I can tell you, that it will be a tour de force about the history of dataviz. Coming soon! Until then you can read the first in the series with RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com.
There are some gems/rares that I cannot write about in more than a sentence. And yet these are the ones that make up the majority. These will be the Christmas gifts for readers. Here is a small sample of my favorites. This is about a tenth of them.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There are some gems/rares that I cannot write about in more than a sentence. And yet these are the ones that make up the majority. These will be the Christmas gifts for readers. Here is a small sample of my favorites. This is about a tenth of them.
Aww
final final final additions (?):
❌ flour
➕ enriched pasta
➕ whole-wheat pasta
➕ egg noodles
❌ flour
➕ enriched pasta
➕ whole-wheat pasta
➕ egg noodles
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Aww
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
The Malmö City Museum has a total of 40 school charts from the Swedish Banking Association’s Statistical Office’s fantastic educational infographics “Swedish Life and Work” from 1946 to 1960. Twenty-six is still missing. More here: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/the-cooles...
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Malmö City Museum has a total of 40 school charts from the Swedish Banking Association’s Statistical Office’s fantastic educational infographics “Swedish Life and Work” from 1946 to 1960. Twenty-six is still missing. More here: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/the-cooles...
Here you are attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/the-cooles...
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here you are attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/the-cooles...
Bomb dropped. The latest on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities from post-war Sweden.
The coolest school posters from Sweden
The Swedish Banking Association's educational series from the post-war period.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bomb dropped. The latest on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities from post-war Sweden.
Nexgt week will be a bomb from Sweden
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nexgt week will be a bomb from Sweden
Over the past week, I have received three requests to work for free. This is something new even in Hungary.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Over the past week, I have received three requests to work for free. This is something new even in Hungary.
The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970. Link: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/helping-th...
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970. Link: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/helping-th...
New post on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities
Helping those with maps who live in remote areas
The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New post on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities
Is there anything of poorer quality than any Apple charger? It is incomprehensible how something can be so badly designed that it has to be replaced every six months because it breaks, snaps or tears.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Is there anything of poorer quality than any Apple charger? It is incomprehensible how something can be so badly designed that it has to be replaced every six months because it breaks, snaps or tears.
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I'll present our work on Embedding Atlas (apple.github.io/embedding-at...) in the @ieeevis.bsky.social session "VIS Short Papers: Explorations in Abstract and Physical Spaces" in Room 1.14 after lunch.
Embedding Atlas
Interactive visualizations for large-scale embeddings. Effortlessly explore, filter, and search through rich metadata.
apple.github.io
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I'll present our work on Embedding Atlas (apple.github.io/embedding-at...) in the @ieeevis.bsky.social session "VIS Short Papers: Explorations in Abstract and Physical Spaces" in Room 1.14 after lunch.
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"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-pyrotechnics #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-pyrotechnics #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
My book on dataviz was published one year ago. Still a couple of dozens are available in Hungary. More info, preview here: attilabatorfy.com/adatvizualiz...
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My book on dataviz was published one year ago. Still a couple of dozens are available in Hungary. More info, preview here: attilabatorfy.com/adatvizualiz...
Reposted by Attila Bátorfy
New in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World, by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/keeping-vi... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World
Why the future of data visualization isn’t just about better charts, but about preserving human agency, accessibility, and creativity
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World, by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/keeping-vi... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
October recap. What to expect in November? What I found interesting? Some personal news. Soundtrack of October.
Cabinet's drawer #2 / October 2025
Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities' monthly recap.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
October recap. What to expect in November? What I found interesting? Some personal news. Soundtrack of October.
My son started drawing explanatory infographics about what and how I should do things! "Put banana, raspberry, blackberry and milk in the blender"
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My son started drawing explanatory infographics about what and how I should do things! "Put banana, raspberry, blackberry and milk in the blender"