VISUAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WORLD OF TODAY Now that the world seems to be heading towards a new world order, where the society we built in the second half of the 20th century, based on institutions, rules, agreement and respect for the other, is on the verge of disappearing, is when we need to reflect […]
REALITY GRAPHICS FOR A TURBULENT WORLD Read More »
an infographic that shows the past and looks to the future We kick off the year 2025 with this infographic on artificial intelligence. Since the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, it seems that everything has to go through it. But not all AI is generative, in fact, AI is not
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IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW TO CHOOSE THE MOST APPROPRIATE GRAPHIC to best communicate our data. Data visualisation is a powerful tool for communicating information clearly and effectively. However, one of the keys to correctly conveying what the data is saying lies in choosing the right chart. Selecting the right
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THE CHALLENGE FOR PRACTITIONERS LIES IN FINDING THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN TECHNICAL PRECISION AND ATTRACTIVE VISUAL PRESENTATION. In today’s professional world, data visualisation has become a crucial discipline for decision-making and effective communication. In an age of abundant information, the ability to interpret and present data in a clear and engaging way is more valuable
VISUALISING DATA: BETWEEN TECHNIQUE AND ART Read More »
One of the best-known graphs in the history of data visualisation is the “rose diagram” that the nurse and statistician Florence Nightingale designed for her study of the mortality of British troops in the Crimean War in 1856. What fewer people know, however, is that she was not the creator of this chart. Nightingale used
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, ANDRÉ GUERRY AND POLAR AREA GRAPHICS Read More »
The Scottish engineer and economist William Playfair (1759-1823) is considered the father of statistical graphs. He pioneered the use of the line graph to represent time series and was the creator of the bar chart and the pie chart. Playfair’s life was punctuated by many vicissitudes as befitting the times he lived in. He carried
WILLIAM PLAYFAIR, THE INVENTOR OF GRAPHS AND DATA VISUALISATION Read More »
THE MEDIA OFFERS CONTEXT-FREE DATA THAT DO NOT INFORM THE CITIZEN. A figure alone says nothing. It seems obvious, but I constantly repeat this to my students in the data visualisation courses I teach. And I do so because it is very common to see in the media how we are bombarded with facts and
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It is obvious that the answer is no. It is impossible to concentrate all the content of a report in an infographic, no matter how complex and extensive it is. However, the answer is not so simple if we formulate the question differently: Can we communicate an entire report or project through an infographic? Now
DOES A REPORT (OR PROJECT) FIT IN AN INFOGRAPHIC? Read More »
