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Data Visualization: a successful design process

Data Visualization: a successful design process

By : Andy Kirk
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Data Visualization: a successful design process

Data Visualization: a successful design process

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By: Andy Kirk

Overview of this book

Do you want to create more attractive charts? Or do you have huge data sets and need to unearth the key insights in a visual manner? Data visualization is the representation and presentation of data, using proven design techniques to bring alive the patterns, stories and key insights locked away."Data Visualization: a Successful Design Process" explores the unique fusion of art and science that is data visualization; a discipline for which instinct alone is insufficient for you to succeed in enabling audiences to discover key trends, insights and discoveries from your data. This book will equip you with the key techniques required to overcome contemporary data visualization challenges. You'll discover a proven design methodology that helps you develop invaluable knowledge and practical capabilities.You'll never again settle for a default Excel chart or resort to "fancy-looking" graphs. You will be able to work from the starting point of acquiring, preparing and familiarizing with your data, right through to concept design. Choose your "killer" visual representation to engage and inform your audience."Data Visualization: a Successful Design Process" will inspire you to relish any visualization project with greater confidence and bullish know-how; turning challenges into exciting design opportunities.
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In this chapter, we have assessed the major design decisions we need to take across the key layers of a data visualization's anatomy. We have developed a better understanding of the choices we need to make and a sense of how to rationalize them depending on the context of our project.

We have worked through the challenge of selecting the appropriate data representation solution and then pulled apart the different aspects of data presentation in order to create a cohesive design concept.

Some might consider this to be an overly systematic or scientific way to tackle a task that has significant elements of creativity. However, this approach is consistent with the central theme of this book, to equip you with effective tactics and strategies to move gracefully through this potentially tricky design concepting process.

Remember that even the masters of the subject struggle to avoid making mistakes and ending up in creative blind alleys. A worthwhile design is rarely arrived at instantly...

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