Using Infographics to Make Climate Change More Visible to the Public
Climate change may not be a directly observable phenomenon, but its impacts are currently threatening the lives of all living organisms. Although the majority of..
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Erica Gunn
Why Can’t We Have More Fun?
This is part 8 in a series of articles that illustrate how basic design principles can improve information display. The previous article reviewed chart choices..
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Heather Jones
The Circle of Life in All Its Bizarre and Cruel Glory
I designed this spread when I worked in graphics at Time Magazine in May 2013. That year Brood II was emerging and I was totally fascinated by..
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Lilach Manheim
The Most Important Role You’re Not Hiring for Your Data Team: The Information Architect
Ever since the Data Scientist was proclaimed the sexiest job of the 21st century, other predictions abound as to what might be the next must-have role..
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Benjamin Xiao
Balancing the Tension Between Creative Tradeoffs and Client Expectations
Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate a discussion among Data Visualization Society members about injecting creativity into client-based work. I have always admired those..
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Dee Williams & Rahul Bhargava
How and Why We Sketch When Visualizing Data
If you’re like us, at some point in your early education you decided you couldn’t draw. Your doodles, like ours, didn’t look like you wanted..
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Cory Cone
Finding a Through Line, or My Creative Process Is a Mess, So Is Life, and That’s Okay (Probably)
On December 10th, 2020, I presented my Master’s thesis over Zoom to a panel of guests and other members of my cohort in the Data..
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I Had a Chat with Alberto Cairo before Giving a Talk, Here’s What He Told Me
5 tips from an experienced speaker A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to have a friendly, little call with Alberto Cairo as part of..
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Javier Sanchez Gutierrez
Data Visualization in Parasite
A few months after becoming the first Korean film awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, the president of the jury, Alejandro G. Iñarritu,..
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Erica Gunn
Who Is Your Chart For?
This is the fourth in a series of articles that illustrate how basic design principles can improve information display. The previous article focused on cleaning up the..
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Sarah Steimer
Peter Grundy on Informative, Fun, and Elegant Design
Learn how Peter Grundy, 40-year information design veteran, educates his audience through cheery, simple illustrations.
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Amy Cesal
How to Create Brand Colors for Data Visualization Style Guidelines
The most common push back I hear about creating a unique style guide for data visualization, is “We have a style guide for the brand,..
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Tiffany France
Choosing Fonts for Your Data Visualization
The purpose of data visualization is to provide a layout that relays lots of information quickly. Good visualizations help the user understand complicated data without..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Simply Scattered: Enhancing Color With Geometry in a Visualization
In my previous “Colorizing a Visualization” writing, I covered the analogous and complementary color harmonies. Today, I will discuss a hybrid of the two harmonies..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
From Camera Roll to Color Harmony: Greening a Visualization
A smart phone with a camera allows us to easily capture images of colors and the world around us. With an app like Adobe Capture, it..
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Federica Fragapane
Can Data Visualization Help Us Talk to Children About Earth?
Writing with visual alphabets As a data visualization designer, I think about the pieces I’m working on as the visual equivalent of articles or stories...
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