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