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..
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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,..
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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..
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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...
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