Moving on from the style vs utility debate in visualisation design
One of the biggest differences of opinion in the data/information visualisation design community arises from the form versus function debate – specifically what a visualisation should look like (its...
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A hybrid of part to whole and nominal comparison graphs
After an intensely busy period, it’s nice to be back and looking at developments in the field. I came across some work from an ex student of mine Ben Willers earlier. For some time I’ve been thinking...
View ArticleMirko Lorenz: from the practitioner perspective…
As some of you who’ve followed my blog may already know, I’m a part time PhD student at the London College of Communication. That’s what I do for some of my time, and the rest is taken up running the...
View ArticleStorytelling here and there
I came across 2 articles about storytelling on the same day this week, one by Jonathan Corum (1) related to the recent Tapestry conference (on Storytelling and Data Visualisation) and the other from...
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Visualising data: can you see stories?
Recently I’ve been thinking about how storytelling and data visualisation relate. There’s increased attention to storytelling in the data visualisation scene: Tapestry, the first conference...
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Storytelling and Data Visualisation – interview with Amanda Cox
Whilst in New York City last week I had the pleasure of meeting Amanda Cox, Graphics Editor at the New York Times, to ask her some questions around storytelling and data visualisation. This was a busy...
View ArticleThe reader and reading data visualisation
Alberto Manguel writes about reading and readers, shares his Notes Towards a Definition of the Ideal Reader. I recently thought about stories in data visualisation as being like vignettes, like an...
View ArticleHow do we judge the resonance of data visualisations?
How do we judge the resonance of data visualisations? Your comments and suggestions are invited! Data visualisation and resonance may not be the most obvious bedfellows. Resonance, in a communications...
View ArticleData communicators, where is innovation happening?
Being a designer and researcher of data communication I like to keep up with developments in the field. Naturally it makes me wonder where things will go next. Where is innovation happening? (Yes, I’m...
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