Learning the Craft of Data Visualisation Amit Kapoor @amitkaps
Learning the Craft ofData Visualisation
Amit Kapoor@amitkaps
Art - Craft - Science
craft | krftnoun: An activity involving skill in making or doing things by hand
How do you learn a craft?
Novice Expert
Start with Basics
Do Repetitions
Conduct Deliberate Practice
Focus on Mastery
It took me a lifetime Pablo Picasso
So, how do you start?
Learning Styles
We dont see things as they are, we see
them as we are. Anais Nin
Understand your own strength
Learning Data Visualisation
Start with Charting Simple Datasets
Learn Basic Charts
Design Basic Charts
Expand your Chart Vocabulary
Visualisation is the transformation of the symbolic into
geometric McCormick et al. 1987
Think Geometric, Not Charts
Encode with Shapes and Colour
Position them out
Learn the Grammar
Play with Colour
Understand Visual Perception
Develop an Aesthetics Sense
Learning to See
Nature
Architecture
Abstract Art
Sketch ideas
Visualise Wide Datasets
Visualise Large Datasets
Visualise Spatial Datasets
Move to Layering
Multi-layered Static Visualisation
Narrative Visualisation
Dashboard Visualisation
Interactive Visualisation
Tools
Data is just a clue to the end truth
Josh Smith
See the world through a data lens
Aesthetics is deeply associated with
emotions and feelings Giorgio Lupi
Create beautiful aesthetics
The data is just part of the story.
Jonathan Harris
Tell stories that connect
Closing the Gap
Crafting Visual Stories with Data
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