Sign up now for our next workshop on Data Visualization Foundations, now scheduled for June 2nd & 3rd! This hands-on class, which we developed with dataviz expert Curran Kelleher (author of D3.js in Motion) will teach you the fundamentals of visual communication with complex information. It’s well-suited for beginner-to-intermediate practitioners and anyone who wants to...
Have you been eager to learn a new skill this year? Join us in the Stamen studio for our hands-on data visualization classes and learn from experts in the field! Our next class starts on March 24th, so sign up soon! We’re filling out our schedule of classes for the year, starting with our Designing...
We keep finding ourselves here. Last time I published an article I spoke about how I went about creating a 3D cut map for Matson’s office in Oakland with Stamen. In this post I’ll outline what it took to make a 32′x10′ high res satellite image (that’s 13,824,000 pixels) for SPUR’s office in SOMA. SPUR...
2017 was a big year for the shop. We delivered data visualization projects for clients working in: Museums, Cities and Infrastructure, Land conservation in the American West, Global Health, Satellite imagery and neural networks, built some Data visualization platforms and Giant 3d murals, and ran and participated in multiple Data visualization classes & workshops. And...
This is an abridged version of a talk I gave at the amazing Teatro Petruzelli for TEDx Bari: Disorder on November 19, 2017. All errors are my own. A bundle of digital technologies is reshaping our lives and how we make all kinds of transactions. It’s also reshaping the built environment, as access to digital...
We recently launched a new tool with transportation consultants Fehr & Peers and the District Department of Transportation (ddot). TripsDC is a tool for generating trip estimates for mixed use development projects in the District of Columbia. Most transportation models tend to assume that a development is either retail, or work space, or housing, and so they don’t really account for...
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...
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...
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,...