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Making the complex beautifully clear

I LOVE TO DESIGN INFORMATION

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WHY IS VISUALIZING INFORMATION SO

IMPORTANT?

Tufte, Edward. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, p. 44 (Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1997).

WHAT MAKES A GREAT DATA VISUALIZATION?

USE

FUL USABLE

DESIRABLE

HOW TO ORGANIZE DATA

Location Alphabetical Time

Continuum Hierarchy

Random

HierarchyCategory

LATCCHR

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design toolkit

Color Type Scale

Shape

Line

Depth

Grid

Value

Transition Movement

SoundAnimation

Interactive-specific toolkit (included thanks to Peter and Ben from interactivethings.com)

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fabulous examples

gapminder.org

oakland.crimespotting.org18

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wefeelfine.orgwefeelfine.org

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chrisharrison.net/projects/bibleviz

wordle.net

newsmap.jp

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flipboard

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iwantyoutowantme.org

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