Articles about Information Visualization
UX Infographics: 9 to Pin to Your Wall
Nine infographics communicating user experience principles with different visual treatments provide an overview of principles of infographic design. [Read More]
Social Math: Making Complex Data Meaningful
Social math makes statistical data more approachable to the audience by comparing it to familiar data. Guidelines show how to design a social math infographic. [Read More]
Visual Analytics: Uncovering the Why in Your Data
Traditional web analytics can be difficult to translate into decisions. Visualizing analytics data provides insights into users’ behavior and removes opinions from the design process. [Read More]
Visualizing Tax Returns: Showing the Impact in Design
The right information visualizations can help customers confused about their tax refunds and help them make the right decision for their finances. [Read More]
Look at This: A Guide to Interactive Information Visualizations
An illustrated look at what makes an effective interactive information visualization, along with principles to assist in creating easy to interpret visual representations of data and the accompanying interactive experiences. [Read More]
Underground Diagrams (Book Review)
A review of Underground Maps Unravelled and Vignelli Transit Maps. An analysis of the design issues that challenge today’s professionals. [Read More]
Diagramming: Making the Invisible Visible (Book Review)
A review of Designing Diagrams: Making Information Accessible through Design by Jan Gauguin.
One recent and five classic books about diagramming, the visual depiction of structures and processes that help us to understand and to interact with complex information. [Read More]
Graphic Design: Two Views (Book Review)
A review of Graphic Design: A New History by Stephen J. Eskilson and Graphic Design Solutions by Robin Landa
Two books that make a significant contribution to understanding the history, breadth, and depth of the profession of graphic design. [Read More]
Book Review: Do’s and Don’ts of Information Graphics
A review of The Wall Street Guide to Information Graphics: The Do's and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures by Dona M. Wong. Guide to creating information graphics that are usable, useful, and appealing, especially in the business and advertising world. [Read More]
Information Graphics: An Eclectic Celebration
Guidebooks on effective visual communication are frequently published for those who have not been exposed to information design and visualization, often obscuring similar publications of decades past. [Read More]
Book Review: It’s Show Time!
These guidebooks are for those who have not been exposed to the philosophy, principles, and techniques of information design and information visualization. [Read More]
