Data Points: Visualization That Means Something

The book is a fresh look at visualization as a medium rather than just a tool for analysis. It will be example-driven, featuring work from people in areas of art, design, business, statistics, computer science, cartography, and online media, as well as many of the author's own illustrations. The major sections of the book will cover: Visualization as Medium In the same way not all movies are documentaries, not all visualization is about optimal visual perception. Data Representation There are rules across all visualization applications, such as the use of appropriate shapes to accurately represent values. Design with Purpose Rules can be broken though. It all depends on who and what youre designing for.