Peaky Blinders is an award-winning historical drama series produced by BBC Studios. The show is set between the two world wars and is centered around..
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Mary Aviles
REVIEW: Mindworks – The Science of Thinking
Researchers and analysts are always seeking new ways to engage people, to help their insights feel meaningful to their audiences. Action is rarely generated from..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Very Peri Pantone 2022 Divergence for Data Visualization
There are situations in data visualization where your client asks you to build a color scheme around a specific color and also contrast data values..
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Jonathan Schwabish & Claire McKay Bowen
Data4Kids: A Collaborative Project to Teach Kids about Data
When the COVID-19 pandemic first shut down in-person learning, we knew education wouldn’t be the same. How could kids—especially younger kids in elementary and middle..
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William Careri
Designing for Neurodivergent Audiences
When a group of autistic individuals coined the term neurodiversity in an attempt to redefine their identity, few would accurately predict the impact it would..
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Charles Miglietti
Effective Data Visualizations Should Focus on Narrative, Not Numbers
Data visualization is an incredibly powerful tool — but too often, it’s underutilized or simply misused by brands and other organizations. That’s not just because people..
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Mollie Pettit
Creating an Inclusive Global Dataviz Conference
It’s amazing to me to think that Amy, Elijah, and I launched The Data Visualization Society just three years ago. I am now about to..
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Neil Richards
REVIEW: How Can We Use Comics to Tell Data Stories?
This post is a review of From Data to Stories, a book from Richie Lionell and Ramya Mylavarapu of Gramener, described on its front page..
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Mary Aviles
REVIEW: Detroit in 50 Maps by Alex B. Hill
In professional and community circles, Detroit can sometimes feel like a small town. I started hearing about Alex B. Hill and his site, Detroitography, early..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Very Peri Pantone 2022 for Your Visualizations
In early December 2021, Very Peri was announced as the 2022 Pantone Color of the Year. Today, let’s explore how to integrate this new color..
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Erica Gunn
Embrace the Challenge to Beat Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome came up as a common struggle in October’s Topics in Data Visualization discussion about education on the DVS Slack channel. When talking about..
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Milán Janosov
A Network Map of The Witcher
The Witcher, a fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, has inspired multiple computer games and was even launched on Netflix in 2019, with the latest..
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Rajesh Sigdel
Visualizing Hispaniola
With the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the kidnapping of 17-foreign born missionaries, and a destructive earthquake which left thousands dead, Haiti is once again..
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Theresa-Marie Rhyne
My Journey in Un-Colorizing a Data Visualization
In this writing, I discuss my adventure in transitioning my “Process of Colorizing a Data Visualization” to a Greyscale illustration. I learned that it was actually a..
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Nick Desbarats
Does Data Visualization Have Rules? Or Is It All Just “It Depends”?
tl;dr: In the data visualization community, there are those who believe that there are universal rules such as “Never use pie charts”, or, “Always include..
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Simone Betito
REVIEW: Edith Young’s Color Scheme Is the Whimsical Data Visualization Book We Need Right Now
Color Scheme, An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes is not your typical data visualization book. It may be due to..
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