Data Visualization: a successful design process: Data Visualization: a successful design process

• A portable, versatile and flexible data visualization design approach that will help you navigate the complex path towards success
• Explains the many different reasons for creating visualizations and identifies the key parameters which lead to very different design options
• Thorough explanation of the many visual variables and visualization taxonomy to provide you with a menu of creative options

• A comprehensive and contemporary introduction to data driven visualization design and the most effective approaches to tackle any design challenge
• How to achieve maximum impact with designs that engage on an aesthetic level and perform on a functional one
• Foundation understanding of the human visual system
• Identifying the purpose of your visualization and your projects parameters to determine overriding design considerations across your project s execution
• How to develop analytical questions and identify a visual narrative as you immerse yourself in your data, familiarizing with its inherent qualities
• Apply critical thinking to visualization design and get intimate with your dataset to identify its potential visual characteristics
• Appreciating the importance of an editorial approach to design and best practice approaches for tackling different data types and problem contexts
• A thorough overview of the anatomy of a data visualization design and a menu of the most important and innovative visualization methods
• Overview of the essential visualization tools and resources
• Profile of some of the most impressive and inspiring contemporary visualization projects

This book is for anyone who has responsibility for, or is interested in trying to find innovative and effective ways to visually analyze and communicate data.There is no skill, no knowledge and no role-based pre-requisites or expectations of anyone reading this book.