IIB Award Categories

Categories & Special Awards

The categories and Special Awards that are considered for this year’s Awards are listed below.

Curious what kinds of visualizations fit into each category?

Below, you’ll find a list of illustrative subjects of visualizations that could be submitted in each category. These examples are meant to inspire and provide some clarity, but not to constrain!

Arts, Entertainment & Culture: Visual arts, artists, music, literature, popular culture, celebrities, movies

Business Analytics: Finance, operations, marketing, non-profit management, business dashboards, profit and loss, balance sheets, human resources, strategy and planning

Current Affairs & Politics: National and global political stories, elections, political party analysis, economics, immigration and migration patterns

Humanitarian: Human migration, international development, human impact of climate change, broad themes related to nonprofit response and support 

Leisure, Games & Sport: Professional sports statistics, analysis of individual sports, professional athletes, esports, board games, leisure activities

People, Language & Identity: Demographics, linguistics, quantified self, personal stories related to individual identity, sociology, astrology

Places, Spaces & Environment: Data stories about specific locations (cities, parks, etc.), land use, natural resources, topics relating to the natural world (oceans, water, forests, deserts, etc.), natural disasters, conservation, climate change, signage, way-showing systems,

Science, Technology & Health: Biology, chemistry, physics, robotics, astronomy, medicine, public health, computer science, hardware, software, internet of things, mathematics

Unusual: Unique mediums (sonification, physical visualization installations), data art, personal stories, interesting datasets