Ideas and inspirations from Small Multiples
Chinese characters are one of the oldest continuously used systems of writing in the world. Today they are used for most Chinese languages as well as Japanese, although historically, they were also adapted to write other…
Between 2011 and 2020, thousands of court cases involved disputes about trees in the state of New South Wales, Australia. How are these cases connected? Which local councils have the most tree disputes? What legislations…
The world consumes about 24 billion litres of wine annually. Since the first vineyard in Armenia 6,100 years ago, thousands of wine grape varieties have been developed. The proliferation of wine grapes can tell us…
Have you ever wondered where that tasty Aussie onion on the barbie came from? Which agricultural producers will be hit the hardest by the trade tensions with China? Thanks to the Australian Bureau of Statistics,…
What happens when you give a film reviewer access to algorithms that see things the human eye cannot? Film critic Luke Buckmaster uses a program created by Small Multiples to find new ways to explore popular movies such as Mad Max, Star Wars, Inception and Spirited Away.
A sacred site in Western Australia that showed 46,000 years of continual occupation and provided a 4,000-year-old genetic link to present-day traditional owners has been destroyed in the expansion of an iron ore mine. Rio…
It’s interesting to see how so many places in Australia were named after just three colonial figures: James Cook, Charles Cameron Kingston, and Lachlan Macquarie. Data: Open Street maps
The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating communities everywhere. Sorrow, fear and anger have permeated our lives. We made this data visualisation prototype to replant the seeds of sympathy and compassion. Let’s travel the world (from your…
Toilet paper are flying off the shelves in some parts of Australia amidst the COVID-19 crisis. But what products should we really stock up? To get an idea of what type of goods will potentially…
Australia has been described as a land of opportunity, attracting immigrants from around the world. People arrive with the belief that hard work will be rewarded with improvements to their lives, which they hope will…
