visualisation: vala 2014 l plate session
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visualisation Vala 2014 l plate session
Kate davis
katedavis.info
@katiedavis
data visualisation
infographics Visual thinking
Information design
Creative visualisation
data visualisation
infographics Visual thinking
Information design
commonality
communicate Sense-make Make accessible
Unravel complexity
clarify
How?
We’re wired for visualisation
blog.visual.ly/why-is-data-visualization-so-hot/
Common language
Why now?
Proliferation of tools
drowning, not waving
Big data Open data
visualisation
communicate data visually
Bringing together
From different sources
data
20th century death. Information is beautiful informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/
200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
infographics
visually communicate stories
include visualisations
stories Infogfraphics:
images video interactive
The digital lives of american mums. Nielsen nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/digital-lives-of-american-moms.html
13 reasons why your brain craves infographics
Information design
Visual thinking
Our thoughts are like this
Or maybe this And we try to make them
look like this
DOG
In pictures Sense-make
In pictures communicate ideas
infographics sketchnotes Mind maps diagrams Visualisations
Creative visualisation
Kate davis Katedavis.info katiedavis
Just kidding!
bit.ly/valavis
Kate davis Information studies group @ qut
Katedavis.info
Katiedavis
bit.ly/valavis
Just kidding!