Month: February 2023

A series of Braun items: a razor, a citrus squeezer, a radio, and a calculatorH
Marian Eerens

How Dieter Rams’s Design Principles Apply to Dashboard Design

Legendary designer Dieter Rams established 10 principles of good product design. Here's how to interpret those principles when designing business dashboards.
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Jason Forrest

Pioneer in Black Data: Monroe N. Work and the Negro Year Book

Monroe N. Work exposed Black living conditions in the early 20th century by compiling data. Here's how he exposed inequalities in education through dataviz.
A kids drawing of a "Sick, sad family", generated by DALL-E 2, an AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.I
Zach Rottman

I Visualized My One-Year-Old’s Relentless Daycare Bugs and It Calmed Me Down

When viruses started coming home from daycare and making his family sick, this dad made a data visualization to keep things in perspective.
Colleagues from the Kontinentalist news site, based in Singapore, pose on a tuktuk. Co-founder Pei Ying Loh is on far left; Editorial lead Nabilah Said is on the far right.H
Evelina Judeikytė

How One Team of Journalists Puts Visuals at the Center of Every Story

As journalism outlets increasingly adopt data-driven and visually compelling “scrollytelling” stories, Kontinentalist has made them a fixture of its coverage.
Image of a number-four helium balloon, with happy birthday text showing the Data Visualization Society turns 4.T
Amanda Makulec

The Data Visualization Society Turns Four Today. Here’s Our Birthday Wish

Happy birthday, DVS! Here's a look at all the things we are celebrating and what we have in store as we continue to grow and thrive
The Building Science Graphics book on a dark brown wood table. The book has a cover that is two-thirds blue and one-third white. On the white section of the cover, a series of overlapping half circles in yellow, pink, and blue are shown in varying degrees of rotation in a vertical arrangement.R
Jenn Schilling

Review: Building Science Graphics Is Not Just For Science Illustrators

This densely packed book is a must-have resource for science graphics designers. But it's also a great read for anyone working in infographics and visualizations.
Text reading "3 Questions With Will Careri" accompanied by a photo of Will, a smiling young man in a button-up shirt and tie with dark hair and glasses standing casually in front of a brick wall.T
Nightingale Editors

Three Questions with… Will Careri

Nightingale is expanding its team of and regular writers and contributors! Today, we're introducing our newest team member, columnist Will Careri
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Jane Lee

‘Love Data Week’ is in Full Swing. Here’s How to Participate

When data geeks and Valentine's Day collide, it's Love Data Week! Running eight years (and going steady), this event is growing in scope and popularity.
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Neil Richards

ColorWise: A Review and Interview with the Author, Kate Strachnyi

Color expert Kate Strachnyi shares the top tips from her new book—a reference tool for both beginners and experts, alike.
Two young boys wearing white lab coats, gloves, and safety goggles working with scientific equipment that is part of a museum exhibitR
Jenn Schilling

REVIEW: Visit a Local Museum for Dataviz Inspiration

In early September, I had a super fun time at a Meetup with the Denver Data Storytellers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science! The..
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Attila Batorfy & RJ Andrews

Exploring Hungarian Data Graphics with Attila Bátorfy

Geographical distribution of Hungarian manufacturing industry by the number of workers and value of goods produced (1938). In György Markos – Andor Berei: Magyarország gazdasága..
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Nightingale Editors

Three Questions With… Emily Barone

The Nightingale team is thrilled to introduce our new managing editor, Emily Barone!  We’re excited for the new energy, ideas, and experience she is already..