https://ryanorban.com/categories/studio/Recent content in Studio on Ryan OrbanHugoen-usme@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)Ryan OrbanWed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://ryanorban.com/notes/pitch-interactive-data-visualization/Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/pitch-interactive-data-visualization/<p><img src="https://ryanorban.com/images/notes/pitch-interactive-data-visualization.png" alt="Pitch Interactive" class="note-hero-img" loading="lazy" /> </p> <h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>Pitch Interactive is a data visualization studio based in Oakland, California, founded by Wesley Grubbs. They became well-known in data visualization circles for projects that combined rigorous data journalism with high-quality interactive graphics — particularly their &ldquo;Out of Sight, Out of Mind&rdquo; drone strike visualization, which tracked covert US drone strikes in Pakistan and presented the data in a way that made the scale of civilian casualties legible.</p>https://ryanorban.com/notes/samizdat-drafting-co/Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/samizdat-drafting-co/<p><img src="https://ryanorban.com/images/notes/samizdat-drafting-co.png" alt="Samizdat Drafting Co." class="note-hero-img" loading="lazy" /> </p> <h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>Samizdat Drafting Co. (samizdat.cc) takes its name from samizdat — the Soviet-era practice of underground self-publishing, where citizens would type and distribute banned literature by hand, passing physical manuscripts person-to-person to circumvent censorship. The word literally means self-publishing in Russian and became a cultural symbol for independent, uncensored expression.</p>