You may have heard, “data visualisation should tell a story” – but this is not always true. Data visuals are created for many reasons: from..
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Ama Nyame-Mensah
Beyond the Bar: Alternative Methods for Visualizing Two Points of Change
People love comparisons, whether between two groups or the difference in an outcome between two time points. Many data (visualization) designers use a clustered bar..
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Erica Gunn
Why Can’t We Have More Fun?
This is part 8 in a series of articles that illustrate how basic design principles can improve information display. The previous article reviewed chart choices..
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Eli Holder
Dashboard Psychology: Effective Feedback in Data Design
“What you measure, you improve.” You’ve heard this a million times. It sounds nice. It seems plausible. There’s a bunch of evidence supporting it. But..
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Walter Paixão Côrtes
How to Use Grafana for Data Visualization
Chances are, if your data visualization background comes from outside of IT, you have never heard anything about Grafana. Grafana has primarily been used for..
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Erica Gunn
Dashboard Redesign: A Look at Chart Choices
This article is part of a series that illustrates how basic design principles can improve information display. In the last installment, we thought through the purpose..
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Erica Gunn
Dashboard Redesign: Understanding Purpose
This article is part of a series that illustrates how basic design principles can improve information display. The previous installments focused on understanding the audience and..
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Silvia Romanelli
Engaging Your Dashboard Users through User Testing
User testing is not common practice in internal KPI dashboard projects. Yet, it can bring much valuable insight, helping create a better user experience. On..
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