Grafiks.Org » data visualization http://grafiks.org ramblings on web design and graphic art Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:37:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Data Visualization is for lovers http://grafiks.org/2008/08/06/data-visualization-is-for-lovers/ http://grafiks.org/2008/08/06/data-visualization-is-for-lovers/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:16:19 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/?p=84 If you’ve ever heard of or seen present-day approaches to data visualization, they can be really fascinating to look at. Awhile back Smashing Magazine posted an article ‘Data Visualization: Modern Approaches’. It has some great links and resources. VisualComplexity.com also has a huge database of projects.

In short, data visualization is the process or art of presenting data – whether through conventional forms like tables, charts, graphs, or in more advanced ways using the latest technologies.

Examples:

Visual Display of Human Emotions Project:

Source: WeFeelFine.org - an exploration of human emotion on a global scale.

source: wefeelfine.org

Visualization of the Bible Project:

Visualization of the Bible, Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/bibleviz/index.html

source: www.chrisharrison.net

“Functional visualizations are more than innovative statistical analyses and computational algorithms. They must make sense to the user and require a visual language system that uses colour, shape, line, hierarchy and composition to communicate clearly and appropriately, much like the alphabetic and character-based languages used worldwide between humans.”

Matt Woolman
Digital Information Graphics

Infosthetics, Visual Poetry Project:

Resources:

]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/08/06/data-visualization-is-for-lovers/feed/ 0