A FEW THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO KNOW BEFOREHAND

Visualizing Marathon Berlin // Dec 2011

MORITZ STEFANERTRUTH&BEAUTY OPERATOR

http://society6.com/albyantoniazzi/MOST-POPULAR-INFOGRAPHICS-You-can-find-around-the-Web_Print

http://society6.com/albyantoniazzi/MOST-POPULAR-INFOGRAPHICS-You-can-find-around-the-Web_Print

DATADECORATION

relevance

function

integrity

form

Information

Design

Based on a graphic by David McCandless

VISUALIZATION CREATES WELTBILDER

LEARN THE BASICS

SCALE YOUR CIRCLES PROPERLY

GODDAMIT!

radius ⨉ √25 = 5

25?

based on http://www.colorful-data.net/correct-scaling/

radius ⨉ √25 = 5

based on http://www.colorful-data.net/correct-scaling/

by Gregor Aisch

LOCATION IS EVERYTHING

Circular Area Chart Line Chart Column Chart Line Chart

Scatter Chart

3D Area Chart

Pie Chart Waterfall Chart Stacked 100% Column Chart

with Subcomponents

Stacked Area ChartStacked 100%

Area Chart

Stacked

Column Chart

Stacked 100%

Column Chart

Bubble Chart

Scatter Chart

Variable Width

Column Chart

Table or Table with

Embedded Charts

Bar Chart Column Chart

Column Histogram

Line Histogram

GET IT RIGHT IN BLACK AND WHITE

COLOR IS DIFFICULT

http://www.perceptualedge.com/

http://www.perceptualedge.com/

http://well-formed-data.net/archives/669/on-the-role-of-bacon-in-

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=graphic-science-science-lovers-web-traffic

http://well-formed-data.net/archives/669/on-the-role-of-bacon-in-visualization

STACKED AREA CHARTS HAVE ISSUES, TOO

http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/11/i-hate-stacked-area-charts/

http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/11/i-hate-stacked-area-charts/

http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/11/i-hate-stacked-area-charts/

LABELING IS THE BLACK ART OF VISUALIZATION DESIGN

UNDERUSED: GRIDS

UNDERUSED: TEXTURE, HATCHING

http://lust.nl/#projects-31

http://lust.nl/#projects-31

DATA

THINK HARD ABOUT WHAT IS MEASURED, WHY AND HOW

IT IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSEVEN WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS NUMBERS

USA

Annual health spending per person: $7920Average life expectancy at birth: 78 years

http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/12/the-cost-of-care.html

DON’T BEND THE VISUALS UNTIL THEY FIT YOUR IDEAS

DATA WISHUALIZATION

DON’T INVENT; DISCOVER

PERSISTENCE

http://www.amazon.com/Tidying-Up-Art-Ursus-Wehrli/dp/

http://www.amazon.com/Tidying-Up-Art-Ursus-Wehrli/dp/

LUCK FAVORS THE BOLDAND ITALICIZED

GOOD LUCK!