Tag: Design

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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.
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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.
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Heather Jones

The Siren Project: A Daily Account of Pandemic Sounds

Designer Heather Jones documented New York City's sounds during the pandemic, then created a visualization that reads like a musical score.
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Romana Popocovski

Starting From Visualisation: Lines and Squiggles That Lead to a Nobel Prize

How one man's unconventional thinking and use of simple visuals transformed the way physicists were tackling quantum interactions.
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Alex Kolokolov

How I Took Off My Dashboard Crown and Admitted My Mistakes

An intern ripped apart a dashboard that I had considered a model of good design. I chose to swallow my pride and learn from the experience.
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TK Sajeev Kumar

Capturing One Million Deaths on a Page: A Chat with NYT’s Carrie Mifsud

Carrie Mifsud of "The New York Times" talks about her award-winning front (and back) page design to commemorate one million COVID deaths.
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Erdni Okonov

Making Dashboards Optimal for Human Brain Processing

How the science behind brain processing and active memory can help guide our dashboard and other data visual designs.
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Will Stahl-Timmins & Nadieh Bremer

Showing Human Stories Behind Data Points

Will Stahl-Timmins was struggling to visualize groups of people in a humanizing way. Then he heard Nadieh Bremer's tips on data aggregation.
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Alex Kolokolov

When Charts Looks Like Spaghetti, Try These Saucy Solutions

Tangled heaps of lines and numbers are a recipe for disaster. Here's how to make a dashboard with more visually appetizing charts.
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Arlene Birt

The Future of the Creative Process Is Increased Collaboration

More than 60 scientists and I co-designed data visualizations for a major climate report. Here are key lessons from that experience.
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Nick Desbarats

Connected Scatterplots Make Me Feel Dumb

Connected scatterplots are often used to show the relation between two variables over time. Why use them when there are better alternatives?
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Or Misgav

Finding Solace in Tracking My First Trimester Nights

Through sleepless nights and overwhelming fatigue, I used data and art to discover my strength—and the beauty of resilience.
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne

The Generative AI Blues: Choosing Data Color Schemes with Adobe’s Firefly

Follow these steps to explore color choices with Adobe Firefly, a creative generative AI model. Plus: the color theory behind the process.
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Matthew Mason & Massimiliano Belli

Step Aside Line Graphs And Bar Charts! This Is a Job For Me.

If line charts and bar charts don't quite fit the data, step charts can be a great alternative. Here's a primer on when—and how to—use them.
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Joceline Kuswanto

Looking East: Kontinentalist’s Design Principles Enhance the Asian Narrative

At Kontinentalist, strong guidelines empower designers to be adaptive, flexible, and responsive while remaining true to core values.