Meta-Meta, Data Modernism, and Anti-Sublime Ideals
In his four essays, Lev Manovich offers a discussion of data visualization (defined a narrow subset of 'mapping' where non-visual data is mapped to an image) »
Lev Manovich - Software Takes Command (Intro)
In his introductory chapter to Software Takes Command, Manovich covers the ubiquity of software in modern society and culture, specifically highlighting how software has become an »
Subtleties of Color
In this week's reading, Robert Simmon presents foundational color theory in the context of data visualization, specifically focusing on his extensive expertise in topographical map-making. In »
Data Visualization: Perception, Misinterpretation, and Deception
Our reading for this week centered around how data visualization specialists employ strategies and techniques that, at their most innocent, can cause misinterpretation of what is »
Interface and Interpretation
In the final chapters of Graphesis, Drucker extends her humanistic perspective on information visualization (and her humanistic critiques of visualizations' shortcomings and misuses) to the interface »
interpreting visualization :: visualizing interpretation - Ryan Best
interpreting visualization :: visualizing interpretation In the second chapter of Graphesis, Johanna Drucker takes her readers through the development of a variety of specific visualizations across time, »
Ryan Best - Reading 1
Image, Interpretation, and Interface Write-Up Ryan Best In Image, Interpretation, and Interface, the first chapter of Graphesis, Johanna Drucker offers a broad-sweeping introduction to the origin, »
ScatterPlot
Scatter plots chart unique data points on the x and y axes. They are incredibly versatile and allow users to quickly discern patterns, correlations, relationships, and »