Month: April 2023

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Nightingale Editors

Nightingale Issue #3: FAQ on Shipping and Subscriptions

A lot has changed at Nightingale, so here's an update to our FAQ. There are a lot of new ideas in here, so please let us know what you think!
Cohabitation network (a collection of circled nodes connected by lines) where each node is a mammal. There are 5,286 nodes and 62,385 edges colored by the continent of the animal's primary habitat. The colors are shades of browns, blues and grays. The nodes are more clustered by color here than in the country-level network.U
Milán Janosov

Using Color to Interpret a Complex Network of Threatened Species

In a busy network diagram of threatened land mammals, different color treatments show how the animals' habitats are geographically connected.
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TK Sajeev Kumar

A Chat With New York Times Graphics Editor Marco Hernandez

Journalist Marco Hernandez shares tips on graphic storytelling, why you should doodle, and how to visualize 4 billion plastic bottles.
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Marília Ferreira da Cunha

Everything You Wanted To Know About The DVS 2023 Outlier Conference

Outlier is around the corner! Catch up on what's on the agenda and how to make the most out of the experience—whether in-person or virtual.
Assorted color fabric strips on a sewing table with grid and ruler.W
Teresa Hebron

Why Me? Or, How I Learned to Sew a Quilt from Ice Skating Stats

I was anxious about teaching a data viz workshop that involved data crafting. I pulled it off by transforming my favorite sport into a quilt.
A slightly more zoomed in photo of the wall with the strings. The strings create a type of Sankey diagram. The strings start on the far left, grouped as either student or staff, then proceed to the next column in the grid—year group they are representing—then travel to a third column with options for number of assessments, and finally end at the type of preferred assessment (coursework, exam or both.)T
Elisavet Andrikopoulou

Touching Data: Conducting a Survey With Paper and Thread

To collect data on how students preferred to be graded, a professor ran a physicalization exercise that collected and visualised the results.
Image of the double diamond model which shows the steps in tackling design projects. The leftmost point of the first diamond is "question, interest or idea." The designer then travels through the "expand/ideate" phase to reach the top of the first diamond, which is "max risk of overwhelm." Then, the designer travels down from that top point in the "focus/consolidate phase," which is the phase in which this column about collaboration is most relevant. The next phases (in the second diamond) are in light gray font, suggesting that those steps are yet to come, but they include "building/producing" and "deliver/deploying").S
Erica Gunn

Step 5 in the Data Exploration Journey: The Magic of Collaboration

A good collaborator offers companionship, a fresh perspective, and can help balance skillsets. Here's how to make a collaboration successful.
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Nightingale Editors

Three Questions With… Monica Gragg

A quick introduction to Monica Gragg, who recently became education director at the Data Visualization Society.
A visual of the information graphic showing 200 countries as flowers of different sizes, with size representing GDP. Each flower is placed roughly in the geographic location of the country on a flat world map. Each flower has six petals, each representing a metric of governance. Each petal has 10 concentric petals within it, representing years from 2012 to 2021. Each petal is color coded on a shaded scale of red (worse) to white (middle) to blue (better).V
Andrzej Leszkiewicz

Visualizing World Governance Data as a Flower Garden

How to create a floral-themed visualization with Power BI tools that captures how we govern our world.
Book Cover: "Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web and Mobile Usability" by Steve Krug.R
Romana Popocovski

Review: Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited

Written for designers, the book breaks down the key principles of intuitive navigation and information design for web and mobile applications.
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Melissa Malguy

Visualizing Metal and Mayhem

Geared for modern day metal cover bands, this data viz project layers data from different sources to show which bands rock the charts.
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Nightingale Editors

Dear Nightingale Submissions: Physical Inspiration Train

This data visualization challenge was to create a "physical inspiration train" quantifying objects' attributes. Check out the submissions!
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Nightingale Editors

Data Is Plural Submissions: Bob Ross

This data viz challenge prompted readers to explore two data sets on Bob Ross's iconic television show. Check out the submissions!
Let's Talk Accessibility text in blue on a pink background, with an image of a piece of origami paper folded into a birdV
Nightingale Editors

Visual Accessibility Resources

Looking for guidelines to follow in your data viz accessibility journey? This curated list will help to get you to the next level.
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Kirill Osipenko

Revolutionizing Management Consulting With Data Visualization Tools

Management consultants are using data platforms to productize offerings, while their clients are using software to make data-driven decisions.
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Jeremy Ney

Mapping Inequality Can Drive Social Impact

The practice of "opportunity mapping" shows hotspots of inequality, helping government officials and social justice groups know where to direct their efforts.