A blog about data visualisation and visualisations
I’ve always wanted to write a book, at least I think I’ve always wanted to. There are lots of reasons: the new challenge, the satisfaction and “legacy” of a physical publication, and, specifically, a productive use of my time during a difficult year or two as I enter the second half of my first decade […]
I could have entitled this “How do we visualise complexity?”. But that might have been confusing for two reasons. This post is a review of Visualising Complexity by Nicole Lachenmeier and Darjan Hil of Superdot Studio – a captivating book which is subtitled “Modular Information Design Handbook”. The book systematically and graphically details their bespoke […]
This post is an interview with Selena Fisk, author of “I’m not a numbers person” – previously published in Data Visualisation Society’s online Nightingale publication When I came across I’m not a numbers person and learned about Dr. Selena Fisk, I knew that I would be interested in reading the book to help increase my grounding in data […]
I mention aesthetics quite a lot in this blog (and in my upcoming book) but not with any great appreciation for what the term might mean, especially when applied to data visualisation. My own definition probably just covers something that looks visually pleasing. But this post reviews Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualisation by Vidya Setlur […]
In case you missed the news (where have you been?!) – Questions in Dataviz is to become a book, released later this year. If you are wondering, the current status is that the book is written, the manuscript has been reviewed and submitted, and is currently going through copy editing and production. Rest assured, you’ll […]
This post is a review of “Atlas of the Invisible” by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti. Subtitled “Maps & Graphics that will change how you see the world” it’s basically just that. Whether it changes how you see the world, well that’s up to you – but the book is packed full of maps and […]
This is a repost of an article in Medium, the online journal of the Data Visualization Society, which you can find here: https://nightingaledvs.com/how-can-we-use-comics-to-tell-data-stories/ This post is a review of From Data to Stories, a book from Richie Lionell and Ramya Mylavarapu of Gramener, described on its front page as, “an end to end guide to Storytelling with […]
The title for this question comes from the subtitle of the next book in my series of reviews. In fact, the full text reads “How to use data visualization (sic) to make better decisions – faster“. The spelling is a clue that this is a book from a leading US expert, and indeed this is […]
There’s certainly nothing cryptic about this post’s title – it’s a review of Visualizing with Text, by Richard Brath. As explained on the back cover, the book “uncovers the rich palette of text elements usable in visualizations from simple labels through to documents.” One of its claims is “Eight new approaches to data visualization leveraging […]
Questions in Dataviz 