data visualization

We take complex data critical to your mission and craft it into easy-to-understand visual representations to help you reach your audiences.

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Statistics and numbers can feel overwhelming, but we use data to tell an interesting story that quickly engages. We use data visualization to transform information into interactive experiences that help audiences explore concepts, collections, stories, and cultural connections. We craft interactive assets to fit a web page, mobile application, or an enormous touchscreen– responsive to both the digital environment and audience needs. 

Explore how we can help you use data visualization to tell your story. 

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on your website

There are unlimited ways we can make interesting data visualizations on your website. A few ideas... 

  • Interactive timelines showing objects across centuries.
  • Geographic maps displaying engagement.
  • Network diagrams showing connections.
  • Interactive pathways through collections based on themes.
  • Growth over time.
  • Projects and investments.
  • Diversity of engagement.
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inside your physical space

Use data visualization to engage your audience at a new level. Need help with a digital display? We build those too.

  • Interactive touchscreens: zoom into high-resolution images, maps, timelines, graphs, etc.
  • Immersive data walls: turn collection data into visual experiences.
  • Real-time visitor participation: create a collective experience where visitors see how others responded.
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educational storytelling

Teach your audience with data visualizations. Learn more about our learning management systems and how we utilize data visualizations to impact learning. 

  • Explain complex topics

  • Encourage data interaction

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the why

Data visualization helps:

  1. Increase audience engagement and time spent exploring.
  2. Make large collections, content, and concepts more accessible.
  3. Support different learning styles.
  4. Reveal hidden stories and connections.
  5. Turn the audience from passive observers into active explorers.

The goal is not simply to display data—it is to use data visualization as a storytelling tool that makes content more meaningful, interactive, and memorable. Let us help you tell your story!

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we are mapping experts

Do you have a story to tell that only a map can relay? Maps are one of our specialties, and we use the latest GIS technology to connect your content to locations.

Maps are powerful tools for data visualization. They allow audiences to see a wide range of complex information in a single glance. They quickly orient to the content-- one of the first places to look on a map is “home," creating an instant personal connection.

  • Smithsonian Across America shows the incredible impact that the Smithsonian Institution has across the United States in science, art, education, culture, and community. 
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  • The Berkeley County Interactive Map Wall helps visitors immerse themselves in an antique map of Berkeley County as they explore multiple layers of data: people, places, and events. 

Maps are only the beginning– from incorporating scrolly-telling or parallax scrolling to dynamic charts with motion graphics, we make data exciting to explore. Let's explore your data together!