8 min read
The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements: Visualizing the Chemical Elements That Could Vanish Before You Know It
Open Culture
CoreFrontalOccipitalBrainstem
16 min explore
Visualizing Algorithms
Sampling, shuffling, maze-building — algorithms shown moving rather than written down.
Mike Bostock
FrontalOccipital
20 min explore
The Book of Shaders
Edit the maths, watch the pixels answer. A whole course in generative graphics you type into the page.
Patricio Gonzalez Vivo
Occipital
14 min explore
Unravelling the JPEG
Pull an image apart coefficient by coefficient and watch the moment it stops being a picture.
Parametric Press
OccipitalFrontal
12 min explore
Explorable Explanations
The essay that invented reactive documents — reading as something you poke at, not something you finish.
Bret Victor
FrontalOccipital
15 min explore
Hexagonal Grids
The definitive guide to hex grids — every coordinate system, all interactive.
Red Blob Games
FrontalOccipital
16 min explore
Alpha Compositing
What actually happens when one transparent image is laid over another.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
OccipitalFrontal
20 min explore
Color Spaces
Rotate the colour solids and see why screens and eyes disagree about colour.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
OccipitalFrontal
18 min explore
Gears
Why gear teeth are that shape, shown by turning them yourself.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
FrontalParietal
22 min explore
Curves and Surfaces
Drag the control points and watch how a few numbers bend a line into any shape.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
FrontalOccipital
4 min explore
BrandColors: The Colors of the Brands
Searchable database of iconic brand logos and their official color values.
BrandColors
CoreOccipital
5 min explore
Branded in Memory
How brands embed themselves in memory through strategic design.
Signs.com
CoreOccipital
7 min explore
User Inyerface: A Worst-Practice UI Game
Navigate deliberately terrible UI design to complete frustrating tasks.
Bagaar
FrontalOccipital
4 min explore
Bruno Simon's Drivable 3D World
Explorable 3D world rendered in browser that you can drive through.
Bruno Simon
Occipital
4 min explore
City Roads: Your City, in Lines
Visualize your city's streets as minimal line patterns by location.
Andrei Kashcha
OccipitalParietal
5 min explore
Image Kernels, Visually
Visualize how image kernels transform pixels in digital processing.
Setosa
OccipitalFrontal
15 min explore
Cameras and Lenses, Explained
How cameras capture light through lenses, visually explained.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
OccipitalFrontal
6 min explore
How to Make 2D Light
Build a 2D lighting system from first principles.
Nicky Case
OccipitalFrontal
7 min explore
Women’s Pockets Are Inferior — A Data Study
Data analysis reveals women's pockets are smaller than men's.
The Pudding
Occipital
13 min explore
Lights and Shadows, Explained
Manipulate light sources to understand shadows and refraction.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
OccipitalFrontal
9 min read
Why Everything Is Beige Now
Beige dominance in contemporary design reflects cultural desire for calm and neutrality.
The Conversation
Occipital
12 min read
The Bauhaus Never Ended
Bauhaus design principles remain foundational to modern architecture and aesthetic movements.
Highsnobiety
Occipital