Tag: Design

Three images of Saturn's changing rings between 2023, 2024, and 2025, where the rings are most visible in 2023, less visible in 2024, and least visible in 2025.V
Samantha Nicklaus

Visualizing the History of Saturn and its Rings

In March 2025, Saturn’s rings will disappear. Well, this isn’t entirely true. NASA has confirmed that the rings will disappear, yes, but they will only disappear from Earth’s view.
A landscape oriented, digital interface with several filters that maps the Free or Reduced Lunch status of public schools found in Kansas and Missouri.I
Christopher Laubenthal

Internal Design: Success Requires Form and Function

My journey with EdWise and the Career Explorer Tools taught me about generating change using innovative data visualization within an organization.
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Kayla Marie

A Visual Compliment: Charting Kindness in Data

This story details and visualizes the time Kayla Marie set out to track how many compliments she gave in a week, but came away with having received almost as many as she gave.
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David Skopec

Data Design in Focus: Students Review Diverse Installations at Venice Biennale 2023

During a visit to the Venice Biennale in November 2023, a series of reviews of selected installations and presentations were created by students from the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK).
A woman stands in front of a physical data visualization.I
David Skopec

Information Design in the Margins

Since its inception in 1980, the Venice Architecture Biennale, one of the most prestigious international architecture events, has attracted global architects and design aficionados.
A baby blue book cover on a black, white-spattered tabletop. The book reads 344 Questions? The Creative Person's Do-It-Yourself Guide to Insight, Survival, and Artistic Fulfillment.R
Natasha Godwin

Review and Re-Design: 344 Questions

Stefan G. Bucher's 344 Questions is one of the best books I’ve never finished. It's a list of questions from dozens of creative professionals, organized in a series of vibrant flow charts, that help you define and solve problems in work and life. In that one-sentence description alone, it's already doing more than most therapists, coaches, and generative applications. Let's unpack why.
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Jiwon Kim

A Brief and Inspiring History of Data Visualization in Korea

From Korea’s first world map to a data viz YouTube channel, these six pieces showcase the country's rich history of data visuals.
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Maxene Graze

Developing Annual Surveys for Data Visualization Style Guides

Maintaining a viz style guide is crucial for consistent styling and speeding up the work flow. Here's how to measure style guide efficacy.
Close-up of a gridded heat map in orange and blue.D
Fernando Hannaka

Don’t Let Anxiety Get in the Way of Your Creative Process

Creating data visualization through trial and error can be nerve-racking. One project using unemployment data shows how the process pays off.
An image of a fake newspaper article that says "Mass Panic" and includes a map of red and blue states. Dogs wearing blue suits are on one side of the paper and cats wearing red are on the other.D
Eli Holder

Divisive Dataviz: How Political Data Journalism Divides Our Democracy

Recent dataviz research shows how the most popular tropes in political data journalism can distort the democratic process.
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Victor Muñoz

Lessons from Physicalizing Data for a Better World

Autumn foliage colors inspired me to chart global temperature change. Here's how I created a data visual with leaves.
This chart represents a funny Visualisation about a little mouse who asks for advice on where to live. We can see the drawing of a cute little mouse and the first Visualisation about the European countries having the biggest production of cheese but also the total number of designation of origin. France seems to be on the lead!C
Annabelle Rincon

Curiosity Piques Interest, An Emotional Story Sustains It

How do you grab an audience's attention? How do you make them stay? Try an impactful visual that also carries a meaningful, emotional story.
An image of two dashboards. One is partly covered by a sad face emoji, the other partly covered by a happy face emoji.W
Alex Kolokolov

We Cannot Give Up on the Data Viz Renegades!

Data viz renegades are often resistant to learn how to properly visually communicate the data that they work with. Here's how to help them.
Two pie charts side by side, the left one with a smiley face drawn on top, the right one with a vomiting face of disgust.H
Nick Desbarats

Have I Resolved the Pie Chart Debate?

To use pie charts or not, that is the question! Here are a few arguments in favor of pie charts that have been missing from the debate.
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Monika Fratczak

Can Datavis Make Unpalatable Data More Enjoyable?

I studied emotional reactions to climate-related data visuals. Certain visuals evoked positive feelings—despite the unsettling topic.
A Midjourney image of people looking at a dashboard (made by Alex Kolokolov) on different devices and screens.F
Alex Kolokolov

From Big Screens to Paper Printouts: Adapting Your Dashboard for Different Formats

Will your dashboard be seen on a phone? In an auditorium? On a printout? Here are the best practices for eight possible dashboard formats.