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Stolen Charts, Reusing Visualization Methods, and the Difference

In visualization, there are tools, templates, and defaults, which are meant to be copied and reused. Then there are data graphics that are designed with a specific purpose and dataset, which are something more than a certain chart type.

In this issue of The Process, we look at the differences and the stuff that makes a copy unsavory.

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