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A screenshot of a video meeting between Neil Richards (a man with short dark hair, glasses, and a gray and black beard) and Jenn Schilling (a woman with short brown hair and glasses). Both Neil and Jenn are smiling and holding up their copies of the book Questions in Dataviz.R
Jenn Schilling

REVIEW: Questions in Dataviz by Neil Richards

I was excited to read and review Questions in Dataviz by Neil Richards, because I love the idea of data visualization design driven by questions...
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Marília Ferreira da Cunha

Information Is Beautiful Awards – Exemplary Book

The Exemplary Book Award was designed to recognize a critical piece of long-format writing published between 2019 to 2022, with the definition of ‘book’ being..
The cover of Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagrams and Visualizations, by Jen ChristiansenB
Núria Altimir

Building Science Graphics: Behind the Scenes with author Jen Christiansen

Jen Christiansen is senior graphics editor at Scientific American and has written the book Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science with Diagrams..
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Joshua Pine

REVIEW: Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization by Vidya Setlur and Bridget Cogley

The multi-disciplinary nature of the data visualization profession presents opportunities for fruitful collaboration while also leading to points of tension. One such source of tension..
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Ripley Cleghorn

Behind the Scenes of “The Future of Data Science”: An Interview with Ciera Martinez

A few months ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ciera Martinez to discuss the founding of the project, Data Science by Design,..
Bridget and Vidya holding their book “Functional Aesthetics or data visualizationF
Noëlle Rakotondravony

Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization: A Behind-the-Scene Q&A with the Authors

If you ever wondered how to make a visualization or a dashboard that’s beautiful and functional at the same time, then read on. I had..
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William Careri

REVIEW: Be Data Driven by Jordan Morrow

Following up on his first book, which considered data from the individual level, Jordan Morrow’s Be Data Driven looks at harnessing the power of data..
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Joshua Pine

REVIEW: Dan Bouk’ Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them

The practice of data storytelling often focuses on weaving a narrative by highlighting themes from a dataset. Author Dan Bouk flips this conventional practice on..
Cover of the book Delivering Data AnalyticsR
Walter Paixão Côrtes

REVIEW: Delivering Data Analytics by Nicholas Kelly

In his book Delivering Data Analytics, author Nicholas Kelly presents us with a step-by-step guide to help Business Intelligence (BI) consultants drive BI adoption from..
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Jason Forrest

REVIEW: Atlas of the Invisible

It’s been about 450 years since Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was published by Dutch cartographers in 1570 as an attempt to collect the entirety of knowledge..
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Mary Aviles

REVIEW: Detroit in 50 Maps by Alex B. Hill

In professional and community circles, Detroit can sometimes feel like a small town. I started hearing about Alex B. Hill and his site, Detroitography, early..
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Federica Fragapane

Can Data Visualization Help Us Talk to Children About Earth?

Writing with visual alphabets As a data visualization designer, I think about the pieces I’m working on as the visual equivalent of articles or stories...