I’m intrigued by the overall premise of this chapter. If I understand it correctly, in order to properly create visualizations, we need to understand how they are interpreted. The relationship between the two is critical and often overlooked as the ability to make visualizations becomes easier and quicker with…
Graphesis by Johanna DruckerImage, Interpretation, and Interface + Bauhaus“The most complete graphic language systems appear in the twentieth century, as adjuncts to design curricula and professional training. Work at the Bauhaus, as well as in the technical academies and design schools founded in the 1920s and 1930s, such as Vkhutemas…
I watched Robert Simmon’s “Subtleties of Color” presentation at OpenVis Conference. Even though Simmon focused on color in his talk, I think he made some nice overarching comments on data visualization in general. I particularly liked when he said the purpose of data visualization is to illuminate data, showing…
AssessmentI enjoyed how Kieran Healy discussed the successfulness of a visualization in terms of visual perception. In the past, I’ve done some reading on how to determine if a visualization is “satisfactory.” However, in those conversations that I’ve come across, the deciding factor centered on if the reader…
Not much detailed description is needed when speaking about a table. One of, if not the, purest forms of visualization, a table simply displays data in an organized manner, more specifically, in rows and columns. With this simplicity comes flexibility in what data is represented. Whether it’s text, numbers,…