It is just over 2 years since I launched the Chartmaker Directory, an open resource to help people navigate through guidance on what charts can be made in which tools, and how. I’m delighted to note that we have just reached the milestone of 1000 references!
Chartmaker milestone! 1000 references Read More »
This post is from Arran Ridley, PhD Candidate at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. Arran is working on a White Rose/ESRC funded project entitled ‘Measuring Visualisation Engagement’ which extends the work that originated from the Seeing Data project I was a member.
BetterViz: Understanding data visualisation effectiveness through a sociocultural lens Read More »
This is part of a series of posts about the ‘little of visualisation design’, respecting the small decisions that make a big difference towards the good and bad of this discipline.
The little of visualisation design: Part 66 Read More »
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from July 2019.
Best of the visualisation web… July 2019 Read More »
It was great to recently have the chance to curate a deep-dive discussion about a key topic in data visualisation on the Data Visualisation Society slack channel. My topic of choice was surrounding the issue of how one would recognise and pursue elegance in a data visualisation.
DVS: “What Makes a Data Visualisation Elegant?” Read More »
I’m delighted to share news that my new book, the second edition of ‘Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design’ is printed, published and available to order!
My new book is published! Read More »
After a disrupted 2019, I’m finally now getting round to look forwards again. A key component of that involves considering my prospective schedule of data visualisation training events: how many, what type, when and, crucially, where.
Data visualisation training in your city or company? Read More »
To mark each mid-year and end of year milestone I try to take a reflective glance over the previous 6 months period in the data visualisation field and compile a collection of some of the most significant developments. These are the main projects, events, new sites, trends, personalities and general observations that have struck me as being important to help further the development of this field.
10 significant visualisation developments: January to June 2019 Read More »
In this series I am looking at different contextual, editorial, analytical, or design challenges encountered when working on data visualisation tasks. Each will be framed around a specific ‘everyday’ challenge with five possible methods, ideas or observations presented.
Five ways to… design for red-green colour-blindness Read More »
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from June 2019.
Best of the visualisation web… June 2019 Read More »