What I like about the second chapter of Drucker’s Graphesis is how she draws timelines of different lineages of information visualizations and the overall arc of these lineages that finally leads her to her own vision of a humanist / constructivist approach to data visualization.After getting familiar (maybe too…

Today was the first I actually saw a printed copy of Johanna Drucker’s Graphesis. I was suprised by it’s size. Being only familiar with the digital pdf version I imagined a work like this, impressive in it's curatorial and conceptual dimensions, would be bigger. This remark might seem…

I enjoyed this weeks reading a lot, because of it’s amazing overview over the different aspects of how to treat color in data visualizations. I liked how Robert Simmons manages to contextualize his experience with color but always makes his main points about design practice. The most important learning…

I really enjoyed this week’s readings, especially the first Chapter of Kieran Healy’s book Data Visualization. I don’t want to be too humanistic about it, but I found it remarkable, that the visual honesty, clarity and mindfulness he is advocating for is also represented in her text,…