Questions in Dataviz: A Design-Driven Process for Data Visualisation (AK Peters Visualization Series) - Softcover

Richards, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032139447 ISBN 13: 9781032139449

Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press, 2022

Synopsis

This book takes the reader through the process of learning and creating data visualisation, following a unique journey with questions every step of the way, ultimately discussing how and when to bend and break the "rules" to come up with creative, unique, and sometimes unconventional ideas. Each easy-to-follow chapter poses one key question and provides a selection of discussion points and relevant data visualisation examples throughout.

Structured in three parts: Section I poses questions around some fundamental data visualisation principles, while Section II introduces more advanced questions, challenging perceived best practices and suggesting when rules are open to interpretation or there to be broken. The questions in Section III introduce further themes leading on to specific ideas and visualisation projects in more detail.

Questions in Dataviz: A Design-Driven Process for Data Visualisation will appeal to any reader with an interest in creative or unconventional data visualisation and will be especially useful for those at a beginner or intermediate level looking for inspiration and alternative ways to deploy their data visualisation skills outside of conventional business charts.

About this title

About the Author

Neil Richards is a data visualisation specialist and enthusiast with over twenty-five years’ experience in the data industry. Through his regular personal creative data visualisation projects, he has been awarded the title of Tableau Visionary (formerly Tableau Zen Master) a total of four times, and is a regular speaker at data visualisation conferences and user groups. Formerly Knowledge Director for the Data Visualization Society, he also sits on the Board of data visualisation non-profit Viz For Social Good.

Neil works as a Lead Business Intelligence Analyst at JLL and has a BSc. in Mathematics and a BA in Environmental Studies. He lives in Derbyshire in the United Kingdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1032139447
• ISBN 13: 9781032139449
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336