Diving into Global Information Design, Part 2: Cosmology in the Large
Nine Themes for Frame Four Classification is an intellectual act, performed as often in the name of theology as in the name of science. The..
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Allen Hillary
Michelle Rial’s New Book Dreams of Being on Your Coffee Table
Michelle Rial is a San Francisco–based information designer who readily admits she has a slight obsession with charts. Her works of art have been featured..
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Phil Hawkins
So You Want to Pick a Dataviz Platform
Ok Phil, your first ever column got 2,000 clicks in two days. Now. You need to keep that momentum going, boy! Failure to make a..
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Amanda Makulec
Pros and Cons of Chart Taxonomies
Chart taxonomies are a popular starting place for people new to data visualization, but do they unnecessarily constrain our thinking and ignore the fundamentals of..
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Paul Kahn
Global Information Design, Part 1: A New Framework for Understanding Data Visualization
Patterns of Lines Information designers and dataviz practitioners today face a daily challenge: what technique, method, software, or code library to use for their next..
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Andy Kirk
What Makes A Data Visualisation Elegant?
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..
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Nigel Hawtin
Finding Inspiring Data Visualisations In Mid-century Nature Books
Creativity and inspiration can come from anywhere in life. For me over the past couple of weeks due to fracturing my right (drawing) arm, it..
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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...
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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...
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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?..
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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..
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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..
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