Tag: Data Visualization

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Lindsey Poulter

Finding The Right Elements For an Award-Winning Dashboard

Lindsey Poulter won the World Data Viz Prize using a mix of dashboard features—including a shuffle button to randomize the view.
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Chesca Kirkland

The Making of “The Growing Influence of the Warming Stripes”

Chesca Kirkland shows the process behind her visualisation—from Nightingale Issue 2—that explores the growing influence of the Warming Stripes.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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!
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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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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.
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Cédric Scherer

The #30DayChartChallenge Is Ready to Kick Off

The #30DayChartChallenge is a data visualization community challenge to create a visualization on a particular theme each day in April. The challenge began in 2021 and is about to launch its third year.
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Kyle Dent

Philip Bump: Telling the Story of the Baby Boomers in Charts

Washington Post columnist Philip Bump tackled a whole generation in his book, The Aftermath. He used 127 charts to drive the analysis and the narrative.
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Srini Kadamati

A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece

A deep look at how the Dark Sky weather app used simple but highly effective charts to report and contextualize the weather.