We make sense of

data

A compilation of the final visualizations created for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, sat side by side on a plain green background.

ECMWF

Sketching became our common language with machine learning scientists to accurately visualize ECMWF’s complex AI-driven weather forecasting system.

Autodesk

Autodesk asked us to craft a new approach to communicating data that could make a lasting impression.

A zoomed-in London map with bubbles shows the number of designers in each borough by size and the discipline by colour.

Design Council

The Design Council briefed us to create a large-scale poster that would make people stop and think at the V&A for London Design Festival 2022.

Picture of a large black flight case, opened up to show two panels. The left-hand one containing text and an image and the right-hand one has a network of pipes lit up in different colours.

Netflix

A pair of blockbuster installation pieces that explain the innovative science of video streaming.

The Global Fund

A memorable mix of reports, interactives and videos to promote the Global Fund's efforts to eradicate HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

ECMWF

Sketching became our common language with machine learning scientists to accurately visualize ECMWF’s complex AI-driven weather forecasting system.

Autodesk

Autodesk asked us to craft a new approach to communicating data that could make a lasting impression.

Design Council

The Design Council briefed us to create a large-scale poster that would make people stop and think at the V&A for London Design Festival 2022.

Netflix

A pair of blockbuster installation pieces that explain the innovative science of video streaming.

The Global Fund

A memorable mix of reports, interactives and videos to promote the Global Fund's efforts to eradicate HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

ECMWF

Sketching became our common language with machine learning scientists to accurately visualize ECMWF’s complex AI-driven weather forecasting system.

Autodesk

Autodesk asked us to craft a new approach to communicating data that could make a lasting impression.

Design Council

The Design Council briefed us to create a large-scale poster that would make people stop and think at the V&A for London Design Festival 2022.

Netflix

A pair of blockbuster installation pieces that explain the innovative science of video streaming.

The Global Fund

A memorable mix of reports, interactives and videos to promote the Global Fund's efforts to eradicate HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

For the past decade, we’ve been pioneers in data visualization, storytelling and information design. Beyond Words is a creative studio that makes complex things easy to understand. If you have data, information or stories that need bringing to life, we can help.

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Featured visualizations

A screenshot of the Career Changes tracked. It shows stats on who was surveyed for the tracker and a beeswarm plot of 40 industries by their percentage of job changes where people were joining that industry.

Career ChangesTotaljobs

The Career Change tracker is a simple, powerful tool that gives easy access to insights that many employers have never had before.

A sci-fi style graphic of Earth, with two half sections of Earth either side at the edge of the image. Over each other is a sci-fi looking mesh with some grid squares colourd in some places.

Digital TwinsECMWF

Animations that reveal how ECMWF is using digital twins of Earth to understand the future of extreme weather and climate change.

A screenshot of the WHO COVID timeline in front of a blue background. The timeline is a bar chart of daily COVID cases with colourful bubbles under each one representing key events. Text boxes stick out of some of the event bubbles with more information on each event.

Timeline: WHO's COVID-19 responseWorld Health Organisation

A timeline revealing the speed at which science moved to meet this global health threat – and WHO’s role in coordinating the response.

What we offer

We use data visualization, storytelling and information design to solve communication problems and create impact.

We turn complex topics into visual stories that people can understand. Giving shape to big ideas. Revealing insights hidden in data. Turning information into narratives.