Tag: Data Visualization

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Katie Kilroy

What is Data Scaffolding?

Even if you’ve never heard of data scaffolding, it’s likely that you have (or will face!) a data problem of your own for which scaffolding..
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Cory Cone

Finding a Through Line, or My Creative Process Is a Mess, So Is Life, and That’s Okay (Probably)

On December 10th, 2020, I presented my Master’s thesis over Zoom to a panel of guests and other members of my cohort in the Data..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne

From Triad to Qualitative

In this writing, I discuss how to work with a Triad color harmony to create a qualitative color scheme. Qualitative color schemes use colors to label different..
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datacitron

I Had a Chat with Alberto Cairo before Giving a Talk, Here’s What He Told Me

5 tips from an experienced speaker A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to have a friendly, little call with Alberto Cairo as part of..
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Javier Sanchez Gutierrez

Data Visualization in Parasite

A few months after becoming the first Korean film awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, the president of the jury, Alejandro G. Iñarritu,..
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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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Inbal Rief & Ravid Rief

“Not on our watch.” The Spirit of Women Activists and the Political Violence against Them during the COVID-19 Pandemic Burst

On August 8th, ‘Women Weaving Reality’ marched silently in Jerusalem towards the Israeli parliament. Dressed in shades of red, Jewish and Arab women joined together to represent..
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Erica Gunn

Who Is Your Chart For?

This is the fourth in a series of articles that illustrate how basic design principles can improve information display. The previous article focused on cleaning up the..
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Alli Torban

How to Create Wonder with Data and a Physical Object

“And the T-Rex was SO big!” squealed my best friend Emily, who was sitting next to me on the bus ride to Kindergarten. It was..
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Kat Greenbrook

My Plastic Footprint: a Physical Data Visualisation Project

We measure and collect data on things we want to understand. In understanding the numbers, we hope to learn more about the world we live..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. Perfectly timed to align with Nightingale’s Data Sensification Week, we have some exciting, tactile news:..
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Alec Barrett

Where Data Meets Literacy: A Review of Richard Brath’s “Visualizing with Text”

What do a dictionary entry, the Electoral House of Bavaria’s family tree, and Compact Rectangular Euler Diagrams have in common? These are among the dozens..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Simon Rogers

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. This week we’re chatting with Simon Rogers, a data journalist and data editor at Google News..
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Mary Aviles

Generating Data Action: How an MIT Professor Hopes Data Can Empower Civic Change

Technology, applied responsibly, has the potential to drive social change. Public tech, sometimes called gov-tech, can connect and mobilize people, improve city experiences, and reduce government..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Peter Grundy

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. This installment of “Three Questions With …” features 40-year design veteran Peter Grundy, a London-based..
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Sarah Steimer

Peter Grundy on Informative, Fun, and Elegant Design

Learn how Peter Grundy, 40-year information design veteran, educates his audience through cheery, simple illustrations.