It’s true. Sometimes it’s okay for the y-axis to start at a non-zero…
Design
Important in presenting data clearly and beautifully.
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Sometimes the y-axis doesn’t start at zero, and it’s fine
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Game tests your color-matching skills
Simple and surprisingly challenging.
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Steampunk infographics
Geoff McGhee for National Geographic highlights a handful of projects that form a…
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On visualizing data well
On Writing Well by William Zinsser is a bestselling guide on writing well.…
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Testing broken computer colors
Computers can calculate an infinite number of colors, but our brains can only…
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Gestalt principles for visualization
Gestalt refers to our ability to see a whole from the parts, and…
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A path for redesign as critique in visualization
Redesigning a visualization can be useful in teaching a point. Make a graphic…
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Multi-layered storytelling with visualization
Quick and simple. It is a common theme in visualization that preaches clarity…
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Visualization constraints
In a discussion of context and visualization, Jen Christiansen pulls out a good…
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Metrocard purchasing workflows compared
The process to purchase a MetroCard for the New York Subway is different…
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The dots are people
The simple analysis is to approach data blind, as machine output. But this…
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Chart none of the things
When it comes to storytelling, copious amounts of data often means lots of…
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Disinformation visualization
Mushon Zer-Aviv offers up examples and guidance on lying with visualization.
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A bar chart would be better
There’s a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could…
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Loving beautiful things
Lance Hosey, for The New York Times, on design, beauty, and functionality.
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Masterful design of the everyday baggage tag
Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker describes the history and careful design of the everyday baggage…
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Nigel Holmes on explanation graphics and how he got started
Some consider Nigel Holmes, whose work tends to be more illustrative, the opposite…
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Infographics are like Mother’s Day cards
Stamen Design is the cover story of this month’s Icon Magazine. Well deserved.…
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Analysis versus storytelling
Robert Kosara contrasts my version of the pay gap graphic with the NYT…
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Too many axes
Kaiser Fung talks about the suck of overlaying plots to show a relationship.…
