Data design : visualising quantities, locations, connections / Per Mollerup.

• Machine generated contents note: Organising knowledge, -- Goals, -- Benefits, -- Information graphics, -- Simplicity, -- Milestones, -- Beware of visual displays, -- Research and common sense, -- Gestalt principles of perception, -- Psychological principles, -- Colour, -- Notation, -- Reading visual displays, -- Choice of display, -- Variables, -- Pie charts, -- Donut charts, -- Vertical bar charts, -- Histograms, -- Stem-and-leaf plots, -- Horizontal bar charts, -- Divided-bar charts, -- Stacked bar charts, -- Step charts, -- Bubble charts, -- Line charts, -- Layer charts, -- Radar charts, -- Scatter plots, -- Slopegraphs, -- Picture tables, -- Heat maps, -- Small multiples, -- Don'ts, -- Thematic maps, -- Map scale, -- Map projection, -- The geographic coordinate system, -- Map orientation, -- Choropleth maps, -- Proportional symbol maps, -- Isopleth maps, -- Cartograms, -- Chorochromatic maps, -- Dot distribution maps, -- Transit maps, -- You-are-here maps, -- Trees, --. 
• Note continued: Decision trees, -- Treemaps, -- Mind maps, -- Positioning maps, -- Timelines, -- Flow charts, -- Concept maps, -- Venn diagrams, -- Carroll diagrams, -- Euler diagrams, -- Sources, -- Index, -- Acknowledgements,.

• Aighly practical guide to the graphic representation of quantities, locations, connections and other forms of data, founded on solid design principles. Easy to understand, the book has been created to assist designers, researchers, and writers in expressing visually through points, lines, and areas that which by words, letters, and numbers alone often have difficulty communicating. It describes problems, principles, and solutions for the visual display of information, and presents real-world didactic examples, taken from, for example, the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. The book's theoretical basis is strong, but not at the expense of clarity; readers will understand both what to do and why. After a number of introductory chapters that describe what is common to all types of visual displays, the book continues with three main parts that deal with displays showing quantities, locations, and connections. Data Design is an essential guide to how data can, and should be, presented in order to effortlessly communicate information with clarity, elegance and style. Highly illustrated and with beautiful simplicity, Data Design is an indispensable guide to the clear and effective presentation of information. 

Ämnesord

Grafisk framställning  (sao)

Information visualization.  (LCSH)

Charts, diagrams, etc.  (LCSH)

Graphic methods  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

QA76.9.I52 (LCC)

001.4226 (DDC)

Oi:dd (kssb/8 (machine generated))