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Amanda Makulec

What the DVS Team Did on Summer Vacation

Ever wonder what’s happening behind the scenes at DVS? What are the Board and Committees working on? What’s coming up soon?Here’s a bit about what..
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Claire Santoro

Information Design for the Common Good: Behind the Scenes with Author Courtney Marchese

As an environmental analyst, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about how to use information design to help solve societal problems. I think..
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Mary Aviles

REVIEW: Mapping Affinities by Dario Rodighiero

Influence has consequential implications. Consider Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger’s findings from his book, Contagious:  “A word-of-mouth conversation by a new customer leads to an..
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Jill A. Brown & J. K. Dru

Today’s the Day: Take the DVS State of the Industry Survey and Live Your Best Life

Greetings from the Data Visualization Society, your global hub for connecting with resources, experts, peers, and data while expanding your own network and data visualization..
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Neil Richards

REVIEW: Data Vis Book Club

Historically, I’ve been great at buying books to stage my shelves, but less good at reading them. In 2021, I’ve made a conscious effort to..
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Loh Pei Ying

Asia’s data scene deserves greater attention. That’s why we are starting a movement.

A data-driven studio telling stories about Asia, Kontinentalist uses data storytelling to bridge the gap between research and the public, bringing Asia to the forefront..
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Dario Rodighiero

Ars Memorativa as the Genesis of Information Design: A Conversation with Manuel Lima

Manuel Lima is one of the most prominent figures of data visualization since the publication of Visual Complexity (Lima 2011). In this conversation, Manuel Lima traces..
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Carni Klirs

Data-Driven Album Covers

While there have been several great album covers that feature Data Visualization (Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures is based on a scientific diagram of Pulsars and..
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Amy Cesal

Highlights from the DVS Accessibility Fireside Chat

On July 28, 2021, the Data Visualization Society hosted a Fireside Chat to discuss accessibility in data visualization. I moderated a panel of community members..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Elijah Meeks

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter.For the inaugural “Three Questions With …” we caught up with Elijah Meeks. Elijah is the Chief Visualization Officer..
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Martina Zunica

SPOTLIGHT: 100 Bridgerton Colors

This project started from my interest in extracting color palettes from scenes of everyday life—I like to take pictures of what is all around me..
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Emilia Ruzicka

You’ve Got Mail: Part 5 of a Year-Long Personal Data Project

This is the fifth installment of a year-long data visualization journey. If you want to read the fourth part before jumping in, here’s the article..
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John Polk

You’ve Visualized Your Data, Now Actualize Your Promotion

I sat through approximately 160 cross-calibration conversations for analysts in my career. A cross-cal is how many companies ensure associates get a fair performance rating..
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Loris Mat

SPOTLIGHT: The Process behind “Among Us” and What I Learned from the DVS Census Challenge

Loris’s visualization won first place in this year’s Data Visualization Society Census Challenge, exploratory category. As a data visualization designer hobbyist, participating in the DVS Census..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Emilia Ruzicka

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. Today, we’re getting to know one of our regular Nightingale writers, Emilia Ruzicka. Emilia studied data journalism..
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Chris Smith

REVIEW: Evergreen Data Academy

Two years ago, I didn’t even know that data visualization was a thing. I had just started a new job where I was asked to..