Comments on: Colored Tree, Cookies, and Stairs in Visualization Ad http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/ Strength in Numbers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chris http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-32050 chris Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:21:19 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-32050 these look good from saatchi, thank jeff weir for the S Few ideas about colour. these look good from saatchi, thank jeff weir for the S Few ideas about colour.

]]> By: Infographer » Российский сайт Инфографики http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31888 Infographer » Российский сайт Инфографики Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:25:40 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31888 [...] Взято с FlowingData [...] [...] Взято с FlowingData [...]

]]> By: jeffrey weir http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31641 jeffrey weir Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:57:59 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31641 Yes, it's great way to get across a message. No, it's not a great way to present data in the case where a reader needs to make an accurate comparison between two variables...unless you give them two things very easy to compare. But then, that's what a bar or line graph is for. Or Quoting from Stephen Few's excellent new book "Now you see it", color is good at drawing your attention to something if used sparingly, but is one of the ‘pre-attentive attributes’ that is not quantitatively percieved in and of themselves (quoting Few here again), and if overused tends to lose it’s ‘pre-attentive attribute’. Whereas lines and 2D precision are very precise ways to encode quantitative values. Yes, it’s great way to get across a message. No, it’s not a great way to present data in the case where a reader needs to make an accurate comparison between two variables…unless you give them two things very easy to compare. But then, that’s what a bar or line graph is for.

Or Quoting from Stephen Few’s excellent new book “Now you see it”, color is good at drawing your attention to something if used sparingly, but is one of the ‘pre-attentive attributes’ that is not quantitatively percieved in and of themselves (quoting Few here again), and if overused tends to lose it’s ‘pre-attentive attribute’. Whereas lines and 2D precision are very precise ways to encode quantitative values.

]]> By: Adam http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31597 Adam Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:49:46 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31597 Passed this onto my marketing department...think it's great! Passed this onto my marketing department…think it’s great!

]]> By: Jo Jordan http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31592 Jo Jordan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:15:40 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31592 And who would guess that statisticians would be teaching me art! And who would guess that statisticians would be teaching me art!

]]> By: James Lytle http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31589 James Lytle Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:29:28 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31589 Lovely. Crafty miniatures. I like the authentic third dimension which is often fully abstracted, if there at all, in most infographics. Its appropriate for this. Lovely. Crafty miniatures. I like the authentic third dimension which is often fully abstracted, if there at all, in most infographics. Its appropriate for this.

]]> By: Tim http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31588 Tim Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:51:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31588 While I don't think that forcing us to spend a bit longer looking is in any way good, you are right that the sequence makes more sense in the way it is. It's about the childrens reaction to what their parents say, so, yeah, parents first, children second. While I don’t think that forcing us to spend a bit longer looking is in any way good, you are right that the sequence makes more sense in the way it is. It’s about the childrens reaction to what their parents say, so, yeah, parents first, children second.

]]> By: Irina http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31586 Irina Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:31:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31586 Super!!! Super!!!

]]> By: Michael http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31585 Michael Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:24:25 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31585 As data visualisation the order of the legend would make sense the other way round, but as adverts I think they work much better this way. What children do comes after what the parents tell them to do, which is funnier; and it also forces us to spend a bit longer looking, decoding the images. As data visualisation the order of the legend would make sense the other way round, but as adverts I think they work much better this way. What children do comes after what the parents tell them to do, which is funnier; and it also forces us to spend a bit longer looking, decoding the images.

]]> By: Victor Norgren http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/07/colored-tree-cookies-and-stairs-in-visualization-ad/#comment-31580 Victor Norgren Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:46:57 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2080#comment-31580 It's great. It’s great.

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