Learn the fundamentals of data visualization

| 11.08.17

At Stamen we’re excited to expand our educational offerings with a new hands-on visualization course taught by guest instructor and dataviz guru Curran Kelleher. In this two day course, you’ll build a deep foundation across all aspects of data visualization, with in-person instruction in our San Francisco studio. The class will take place over the...

Visualizing Open Spaces for the Peninsula Open Space Trust

| 11.07.17

The Living Landscape Initiative Partners have been protecting open spaces for people and wildlife in the South San Francisco Bay Area since the start of the 20th century. With over 235,000 (!) acres of protected lands, 700 (!) miles of streams, 60 (!) square miles of redwood habitat, and 250 (!) miles of trails protected...

How Stamen’s Eric Rodenbeck picks a typeface

| 11.06.17

The National Design Award-winning interactive designer has a simple method for selecting typefaces—as detailed in his 20 year career designing for the web

Thanks Supervisor Dufty!

| 09.20.17

Stamen has been at the corner of 16th and Mission Streets since 2001, and we’ve seen our share of changes in the neighborhood and on the Plaza. In some ways things are better than they’ve ever been, and in some we still face significant challenges. There are few places anywhere that our current societal dilemmas,...

Creating a giant 3D bathymetric map, out of 2D data, for Matson

| 09.05.17

Sometimes at Stamen we get the chance to create physical works of data visualization for our clients in the tactile world. Matson recently commissioned us to create an anchoring art piece for the boardroom at their recently redesigned offices in Oakland, CA. You may recognize the name from their logo on the side of shipping...

Using machine learning to build and design the next generation of maps

| 08.16.17

This Sunday, join Eric Rodenbeck, Stamen founder and Creative Director, and Aman Tiwari, Stamen summer intern, Carnegie Mellon student and co-author of Terrapattern, for a bizarre and fascinating tour through the cartographic visions of artificial intelligence. In this informal seminar at the Stamen studio in San Francisco’s Mission District, Eric and Aman will share some...

Visualizing infant vaccination rates for the World Health Organization

| 07.27.17

Eric Rodenbeck interviews Kai Chang and Alec Burch about their latest work with the World Health Organization Eric Rodenbeck, Kai Chang, & Alec Burch Eric Rodenbeck: I’m here with Kai Chang and Alec Burch. We’re here talking about our most recent work with the World Health Organization. We’ve worked with them before. Kai Chang: We...

Announcing Penny, a playful AI that explores wealth and poverty in American cities

| 06.27.17

http://penny.digitalglobe.com There’s an artificial intelligence in the sky that is working on predicting your household income just by looking down at your house from space. “Penny,” as this AI is playfully called, was built by us, with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (one of them is Aman Tiwari and he is our intern this summer),...

Visualizing current and future water technologies with WE&RF

| 06.20.17

ALEC BURCH: We’ve just launched some new work with WE&RF, the Water Environment and Reuse Foundation. Every two to three years they send out a survey to different water utilities all across the country and across the world. The survey is centered around different types of water technologies that they are using, may use, or...

Spatial Data Visualization Classes at Stamen are Back!

| 05.04.17

I’m pleased to announce that we’re offering our popular mapping and visualization classes again this year, in our Mission District studio in San Francisco! This pair of classes focusses on how to design and build interactive online maps using the latest open source visualization tools. Learn how to combine data and design to make beautiful...