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by Desireé Abbott
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1633438406 | 266 pages | True/Retail PDF EPUB | 48.87 MB
Radically improve the quality of your data visualizations by employing core principles of color, typography, chart types, data storytelling, and more.
Everyday Data Visualizationis a field guide for design techniques that will improve the charts, reports, and data dashboards you build every day. Everything you learn is tool-agnostic, with universal principles you can apply to any data stack.
InEveryday Data Visualizationyou'll learn important design principles for the most common data visualizations:
Harness the power of perception to guide a user's attentionBring data to life with color and typographyChoose the best chart types for your data storyDesign for interactive visualizationsKeep the user's needs first throughout your projects
This book gives you the tools you need to bring your data to life with clarity, precision, and flair. You'll learn how human brains perceive and process information, wield modern accessibility standards, get the basics of color theory and typography, and more.
About the technology
Even mundane presentations like charts, dashboards, and infographics can become engaging and inspiring data stories! This book shows you how to upgrade the visualizations you create every day by improving the layout, typography, color, and accessibility. You'll discover timeless principles of design that help you highlight important features, compensate for missing information, and interact with live data flows.
About the book
Everyday Data Visualizationguides you through basic graphic design for the most common types of data visualization. You'll learn how to enhance charts with color, encourage users to interact and explore data and create visualizations accessible to everyone. Along the way, you'll practice each new skill as you take a dashboard project from research to publication.
What's insideBring data to life with color and typographyChoose the best chart types for your data storyDesign interactive visualizations
About the reader
For readers experienced with data analysis tools.
About the author
Desireé Abbotthas over a decade of experience in product analytics, business intelligence, science, design, and software engineering.
The technical editor on this book wasMichael Petrey.
Table of Contents
PART 1
1 Hello, data viz!
2 How we perceive information
3 It's all about the data
PART 2
4 Choosing colors
5 Typography
6 Creating a good chart
7 Designing for interactivity
PART 3
8 Research, design, and development
9 Troubleshooting
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