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Melissa Malguy

Visualizing Metal and Mayhem

Geared for modern day metal cover bands, this data viz project layers data from different sources to show which bands rock the charts.
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Srini Kadamati

A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece

A deep look at how the Dark Sky weather app used simple but highly effective charts to report and contextualize the weather.
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Marian Eerens

How Dieter Rams’s Design Principles Apply to Dashboard Design

Legendary designer Dieter Rams established 10 principles of good product design. Here's how to interpret those principles when designing business dashboards.
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Evelina Judeikytė

How One Team of Journalists Puts Visuals at the Center of Every Story

As journalism outlets increasingly adopt data-driven and visually compelling “scrollytelling” stories, Kontinentalist has made them a fixture of its coverage.
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Neil Richards

ColorWise: A Review and Interview with the Author, Kate Strachnyi

Color expert Kate Strachnyi shares the top tips from her new book—a reference tool for both beginners and experts, alike.
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Daleen Rabe

Honing Your Skills in Data Visualization as a Designer

Starting anything new can be daunting. This past year, I set out to improve my skills and confidence in data visualization. A topic that sounded..
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Heather Jones

SPOTLIGHT: Tipping Points

Sometimes inspiration can come from a really bad thing. This was a personal project I made after the “Me Too” deluge in late 2017, when..
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Silvia Romanelli

Fixing My Design Process from the Inside Out

Has this ever happened to you: you’ve just read one of those articles outlining the perfect design process: understanding your audience, defining an idea or..
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Nicolas Kruchten

IEEE VIS 2022 Highlights

IEEE VIS 2022 happened between October 16th and 22nd in Oklahoma City and I was really happy to have been able to attend in person...
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Erica Gunn

Step 4 in the Data Exploration Journey: Knowing When to Stop

This article is part V in a series on data exploration, and the common struggles that we all face when trying to learn something new...
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Eli Holder

Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make It Worse

Our new research shows how popular chart choices can trigger unconscious social biases and reinforce systemic racism. At first glance, the charts below seem harmless...
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Matt Brehmer

At the Vanguard of Interface Design

Implications for visualization from the 2022 UIST symposium The ways in which we interact with data and visualization may look and feel very different in..
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Or Misgav

SPOTLIGHT: Using Dataviz to Inform My Childcare Decisions

My son Ethan was 18-months old when he had his first daycare summer break. It was my first summer break as a mum, and I..
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Joshua Pine

REVIEW: Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization by Vidya Setlur and Bridget Cogley

The multi-disciplinary nature of the data visualization profession presents opportunities for fruitful collaboration while also leading to points of tension. One such source of tension..
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Emma Tait

No Straight Lines: My Process Is Messy and Full of Failures and That’s Okay

The DVS Mentorship Program revolutionized my creative process: learning is iterative, failure is vital, growth comes in many forms, and straight lines are overrated.  No..
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Ama Nyame-Mensah

When Oversimplification Obscures

When I first entered the information design space, I was eager to expand my knowledge of data (visualization) design and the wide range of disciplines..