Andy Kirk

O’Reilly Radar article: “Walking the tightrope of visualization criticism”

A guest article I wrote for the excellent O’Reilly Radar site has just been published. Titled ‘Walking the tightrope of visualization criticism’ this rather long piece reflects on some of the key experiences of my training courses and some general observations about the level and appropriateness of critique that exists in the field.

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Metaphor too far? The anatomy of a visualisation designer

As I was writing my previous post about my thinking behind ‘The 8 hats of data visualisation design’ I realised that the theme of body parts was emerging strongly. So here’s an alternative perspective on this matter, throwing away the hats and switching on the Frankenstein lab… This is the super-hero visualisation designer I want

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