The story of NASA's Golden Record: a galactic message in a bottle, in search of a shared language

Building system failures need to be explained at both a micro and macro level. Here's an example of our approach.

We spend all day staring at images on computer screens, with little thought given to how they are rendered. Here's a brief explainer.

Fat Pencil created expert report graphics for a youth-led climate trial, resulting in a landmark agreement including major commitments from the Hawaiʻi DOT.

Oregon established a new bias & hate crime hotline, and collected details regarding every report. We delivered a series of infographics to spotlight interesting data stories.

A patient underwent nearly 50 dental procedures, including six extractions. Is negligence on the dentist's part to blame?

Geolocated data can be the factual basis for the story of a case. What does your GPS data reveal?

Just say no to Excel spreadsheets with thousands of rows of digital messaging records. There's a better way to sort through discovery with your team.

Oregon started experimenting with vote by mail in the 1980’s and has used the system for all elections since the year 2000. Here’s why I like it.

Mining NOAA's store of historical weather data to tell a story.