Learning the Craft ofData Visualisation

Amit Kapoor@amitkaps

Art - Craft - Science

craft | krftnoun: An activity involving skill in making or doing things by hand

How do you learn a craft?

Novice Expert

Start with Basics

Do Repetitions

Conduct Deliberate Practice

Focus on Mastery

It took me a lifetime Pablo Picasso

So, how do you start?

Learning Styles

We dont see things as they are, we see

them as we are. Anais Nin

Understand your own strength

Learning Data Visualisation

Start with Charting Simple Datasets

Learn Basic Charts

Design Basic Charts

Expand your Chart Vocabulary

Visualisation is the transformation of the symbolic into

geometric McCormick et al. 1987

Think Geometric, Not Charts

Encode with Shapes and Colour

Position them out

Learn the Grammar

Play with Colour

Understand Visual Perception

Develop an Aesthetics Sense

Learning to See

Nature

Architecture

Abstract Art

Sketch ideas

Visualise Wide Datasets

Visualise Large Datasets

Visualise Spatial Datasets

Move to Layering

Multi-layered Static Visualisation

Narrative Visualisation

Dashboard Visualisation

Interactive Visualisation

Tools

Data is just a clue to the end truth

Josh Smith

See the world through a data lens

Aesthetics is deeply associated with

emotions and feelings Giorgio Lupi

Create beautiful aesthetics

The data is just part of the story.

Jonathan Harris

Tell stories that connect

Closing the Gap

Crafting Visual Stories with Data

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