Tag: Design

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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..
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Ripley Cleghorn

Behind the Scenes of “The Future of Data Science”: An Interview with Ciera Martinez

A few months ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ciera Martinez to discuss the founding of the project, Data Science by Design,..
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Georgios Karamanis & Lee Olney

Playing Dataviz Tennis for Collaboration and Fun

Inspired by Layer Tennis, we collaborated on four data visualizations (four matches) where we swap the file back and forth adding to the work. Each..
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Jenn Schilling

Making a Data Collage for Dear Nightingale: Paper and NO Pencil

SNEAK PEEK: Nightingale Issue 2 is in design now! We’re so excited for you to see how your community has interpreted the theme of “Inspiration.”..
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Krisztina Szucs

SPOTLIGHT: Animated Sports Results

This article is a summary of the animated data visualizations I’ve created for UEFA Euros 2020, Copa America, Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (fencing, swimming), 19th..
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Sarah Clark

What’s Cookin’?

Years ago, I took the advice of a famous writer whose name I can’t recall. He suggested that for an idea to be thoroughly examined,..
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Mary Aviles, datacitron, Jason Forrest & Claire Santoro

You Asked for It: Nightingale Magazine Issue 1 Alternate Covers

Many Nightingale Magazine readers have expressed appreciation for our first issue cover. We’re delighted with this reception — we love it, too — but, our..
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Jenn Schilling

A Design Process for Dataviz

Design is a plan to create something that will be beneficial to people. Design involves considering both the form and the function of the final..
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Shachee Swadia

The Declutter and Focus Concepts – Popular Academic Opinions or Effective Design Principles?

Declutter and focus are two guidelines for creating clear and efficient visualizations. The declutter guideline suggests removing all the non-critical elements of the chart like..
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Mary Aviles & Jason Forrest

Information Empowerment: A Reciprocal Data Literacy Case Study, Part 3

This is part three of a six-part series dedicated to sharing cross-functional ideas for design thinkers, data practitioners, business intelligence analysts, researchers, policymakers, and subject..
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Letícia Pozza

Experimentação Para Gerar Novas Descobertas Em Dataviz

Find the English translation of this article here. Para algumas pessoas, criar uma visualização de dados incrível exige que os astros estejam alinhados. Mas a..
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Letícia Pozza

Experimenting Can Lead to Great Dataviz

Encontre a tradução em português deste artigo aqui. Some may have the idea that creating an amazing data visualization requires the stars to align. But..
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Jason Forrest, Jill A. Brown, Nate Coursey, Tristan Guillevin, Jeff Harrison & Eli Holder

“In the end, all data visualization ends up with a conversation” — A Joint Review of Eyeo 2022

The Eyeo festival has always held an interesting place in the community as, I’m told, it never really focused on any specific subject matter. At..
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Tom Randle

What a Book Published in the 80s Taught Me about Data Visualization

I was on holiday recently in the Welsh border town of Hay on Wye, when I came across a book that instantly caught my attention...