This document discusses the importance of visualizing information and provides tips for effective data visualization. It outlines principles of organizing data through location, alphabetical order, time, category, continuum, and hierarchy. It also discusses effective design elements like color, type, scale, depth, shape, value, line, grid, and transition/movement. The document recommends several excellent online examples of data visualization and provides links to download additional resources and contact the author.

1. Making the complex beautifully clear
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2. I LOVE TO DESIGN
INFORMATION

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6. WHY IS VISUALIZING
INFORMATION SO
IMPORTANT?

8. Tufte, Edward. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, p. 44 (Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1997).

9. WHAT MAKES A GREAT
DATA VISUALIZATION?

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11. HOW TO ORGANIZE DATA

12. Location Alphabetical Time
Category Continuum Hierarchy
Hierarchy
Random
L ATC C H R

13. design toolkit
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14. Color Type Scale
Depth Shape Value
Line Grid

15. Transition Movement
Animation Sound
Interactive-specific toolkit
(included thanks to Peter and Ben from interactivethings.com)

16. fabulous examples
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17. gapminder.org

18. oakland.crimespotting.org
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19. wefeelfine.org
wefeelfine.org
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chrisharrison.net/projects/bibleviz

21. wordle.net

22. newsmap.jp

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flipboard

24. iwantyoutowantme.org
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25. Download
http://www.slideshare.net/
mgiudice/designing-data-
visualizations
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