Data Visualization for Success (Hardcover)

Steven Braun

ISBN 10: 1864707208 / ISBN 13: 9781864707205

Published by Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, Victoria, 2017

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Hardcover. What is data visualization? In Data Visualization for Success, 40 designers and their works demonstrate that data visualization is a vibrant and constantly evolving field that is as multimodal as it is interdisciplinary. Through the works showcased here, these designers discuss some of their approaches in working with data visualization, offering their thoughts on the design methods they commonly use and suggestions they have for beginning practitioners in the field. This book shows that data visualization is a practice and discipline with fluid boundaries that continue to be moved in new, exciting, and unprecedented directions by emerging and seasoned designers alike. AUTHOR: Steven Braun holds a BA in chemistry and Asian studies from St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, and earned his MS in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University. He has been the data analytics and visualization specialist with the Digital Scholarship Group in the Northeastern University Libraries (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) since November 2015. His experiences living and studying in Japan have deeply informed his general philosophy about data visualisation: visualisation is constructed space, where data are manifold and our choices in design directly inform how those data are interpreted and used. Full colour Top designers discuss their approaches to data visualisation, offering insight into their design methods and tips for new practitioners in the field. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Data Visualization for Success (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, Victoria
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1864707208
• ISBN 13: 9781864707205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

What is data visualization? In Data Visualization for Success, 40 designers and their works demonstrate that data visualization is a vibrant and constantly evolving field that is as multimodal as it is interdisciplinary. Through the works showcased here, these designers discuss some of their approaches to working with data visualisation, offering insight into the design methods they commonly use and providing tips that will help beginning practitioners in the field. This book shows that data visualization is a practice and discipline whose fluid boundaries continue to be moved in new, exciting, and unprecedented directions by emerging and seasoned designers alike.

About the Author

Steven Braun holds a BA in Chemistry and Asian Studies from St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, and earned his MS in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University. He has been the data analytics and visualisation specialist with the Digital Scholarship Group in the Northeastern University Libraries (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) since November 2015. His experiences living and studying in Japan have deeply informed his general philosophy about data visualisation: visualisation is constructed space, where data are manifold and our choices in design directly inform how those data are interpreted and used.