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Phil Hawkins

Draw The Rest Of The Chart: Imposter Syndrome and Leveling Up in Data Visualization

Is It Ever Gonna Be Enough? A bright, energetic consultant stares intently at Microsoft PowerPoint. This hero, inexperienced but devoted, hears a door open nearby...

Paul Matos

Mapping Mexico City’s Indigenous People

“They aren’t statistics. They are human lives,” says Juan Luis Toledo Sanchez, member of the autonomous cooperative Cimarronez (or C.A.C.A.O., by its Spanish acronym), in..

Alexandra Khoo

Why We Find Joy and Value in Creating Data Visualizations

I don’t know about you, but when something piques my interest — TV tropes, color theory, the life-changing magic of tidying up, anything — I..

Ben Jones

Credit Where Credit is Due: Mary Eleanor Spear

Have you ever heard of Mary Eleanor Spear? I don’t recall seeing her name come up in discussions or presentations about the pioneers of this..

Jason Forrest

The Process of Familiarity: An Interview with Nicholas Rougeux

I remember the first time I stumbled across the work of Nicholas Rougeux — it was his painstaking recreation of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours — and I..

Noëlle Rakotondravony & Jason Forrest

Intricate & Visually Exciting: An Interview with Nadieh Bremer

Nadieh Bremer is an award-winning data visualization designer and artist, from a small town near Amsterdam. Nadieh’s projects demonstrate the beauty, fun, and excitement of working in dataviz...

Stephanie Evergreen

Beyond Nightingale: Being a Woman in Data Visualization

If you conduct a quick internet search on “history of data visualization,” you’ll nearly always see Florence Nightingale included in the annals of history. Why?..

Tricia Aung

Visualizing Data for Audiences in Low & Middle-Income Countries

On a dedicated channel, #dvs-topics-in-data-viz, in the Data Visualization Society Slack, our members discuss questions and issues pertinent to the field of data visualization. Discussion..

Amy Cesal

What Are Data Visualization Style Guidelines?

Organizations like Google and London City Intelligence have extended their design systems to include standards specifically for data visualization. This speaks to the growing importance of using data and..

Erica Gunn

Dataviz as Guide Dog

As a data vis designer living in both the art and data worlds, I sometimes hear that I should “just go wild” or “let my..

Senthil Natarajan

From the Battlefield to Basketball: A Data Visualization Journey with Florence Nightingale

In 1858, Florence Nightingale published a study on the conditions of army hospitals, her seminal Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the..

Jeff Harrison

Visualizing Small Victories

Everyone loves a trophy! Okay, it’s not that simple. Still, we humans love to mark milestones and accomplishments. Trophies are tangible reminders of those fleeting moments of victory...

Dan Gastineau

How to Use Storytelling Conventions to Create Better Visualizations

Story is the best form of communication we have. To the steely-eyed analyst, it may seem superfluous and manipulative — a way to persuade with..

Krist Wongsuphasawat

What to Expect in Data Visualization Engineer Job Interviews

Preparing for data visualization job interviews can be quite challenging, as it seems every company asks different things. I wrote this article based on my..