Sharing and Presenting
Introduction
Introduction
In the introduction to their e-book on Data and Design (2014), Trina Chiasson and her colleagues at Infoactive note Maria Popova's (2009) description of data visualisation at "the intersection of art and algorithm". Maria adds:
Ultimately, data visualization is more than complex software or the prettying up of spreadsheets. It's not innovation for the sake of innovation. It's about the most ancient of social rituals: storytelling. It's about telling the story locked in the data differently, more engagingly, in a way that draws us in, makes our eyes open a little wider and our jaw drop ever so slightly. And as we process it, it can sometimes change our perspective altogether.Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Trina Chiasson et al. (2014) Data + Design.
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