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Attila Bátorfy
@attilabatorfy.bsky.social
dataviz and information graphics at ELTE MMI
portfolio: https://attilabatorfy.com/
head of visual journalism project: https://atlo.team/
book order: https://eltebook.hu/batorfy-attila-adatvizualizacio
blog: https://attilabatorfy.substack.com/
Over the past week, I have received three requests to work for free. This is something new even in Hungary.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970. Link: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/helping-th...
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New post on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities
Helping those with maps who live in remote areas
The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Another great dive into the history of #dataviz 📊
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Next Monday
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Is there anything of poorer quality than any Apple charger? It is incomprehensible how something can be so badly designed that it has to be replaced every six months because it breaks, snaps or tears.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I'll present our work on Embedding Atlas (apple.github.io/embedding-at...) in the @ieeevis.bsky.social session "VIS Short Papers: Explorations in Abstract and Physical Spaces" in Room 1.14 after lunch.
Embedding Atlas
Interactive visualizations for large-scale embeddings. Effortlessly explore, filter, and search through rich metadata.
apple.github.io
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-pyrotechnics #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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It took me about three months to get here but...

Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions.

10,151 species.

#dataviz #birds #data
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My book on dataviz was published one year ago. Still a couple of dozens are available in Hungary. More info, preview here: attilabatorfy.com/adatvizualiz...
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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New in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World, by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/keeping-vi... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World
Why the future of data visualization isn’t just about better charts, but about preserving human agency, accessibility, and creativity
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
October recap. What to expect in November? What I found interesting? Some personal news. Soundtrack of October.
Cabinet's drawer #2 / October 2025
Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities' monthly recap.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My son started drawing explanatory infographics about what and how I should do things! "Put banana, raspberry, blackberry and milk in the blender"
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The October newsletter will be sent out tomorrow to subscribers, which means there's around 24 hours available for non-subscribers to resolve not being subscribers!

visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Good bye, my master, my hero, my legend. Péter György (1954–2025). Incomprehensible.
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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my interview by @attilabatorfy.bsky.social is now cross-published to www.chartography.net/p/beyond-sup...
Beyond Superficial Histories
An interview by Attila Bátorfy.
www.chartography.net
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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New book in the AK Peters visualization series launching next week: Exploratory Data Analysis Descriptive Analysis, Visualization, and Dashboard Design
by Leandro Nunes de Castro www.routledge.com/Exploratory-...

Other books in the series:
www.routledge.com/AK-Peters-Vi...
Exploratory Data Analysis: Descriptive Analysis, Visualization, and Dashboard Design (with Code Snippets in Python)
This book is a comprehensive guide to exploratory data analysis (EDA), providing readers with the tools, techniques, and knowledge needed to conduct effective and thorough data exploration. Throughout...
www.routledge.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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That’s an interesting take on the 3D pie chart. 📊
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
OMG, someone is selling the Atlas of Central Europe. It costs USD 1,500, and a total of 4-5 copies were printed in English. Someone put pressure on David Rumsey!!!
Folyamatos online aukciók
Rónai, Andrew [András]: Atlas of Central Europe. Constructed by - -. Edited by the Institute of Political Sciences as a Department of the Count Paul Teleki Research Institute. Bp. - Balatonfüred, 1
www.darabanth.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New post on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities
A rare graphic method on high
A spectacular map using "Sten de Geer method" in an Austrian regional atlas.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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@attilabatorfy.bsky.social interviews me about falling down the information-graphic history hole open.substack.com/pub/attilaba...
Moving past superficial histories: interview with RJ Andrews
The Curious Cabinet #1.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For example if you want to know that according to @infowetrust.com who are the five greatest data graphics creators of all time, then you click! Let's say I would click regardless.
Moving past superficial histories: interview with RJ Andrews
The Curious Cabinet #1.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I just heard that this is sold out. See you next week Brooklyn!
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM