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A Guide to Data Visualization Best Practices

The world is inundated with endless information. Navigating it successfully requires effective data communication. One way ...
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5 inspiring data visualization galleries

If designed with care and preparation, data visualization can immensely improve viewers’...

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80 types of charts & graphs for data visualization (with examples)

Ask any dataviz expert and they will tell you there aren’t many things as annoying as the wrong...

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The survival rates of chess pieces in a divergent visualization

Recently I wrote a ‘deep dive’ blog post about bar charts. The bar chart is used often because of...

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How to make a bar chart in Illustrator with Datylon

English breakfast is a widely known traditional meal. Its history dates back to the 14-century’s...

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A deep dive into... bar charts

Bar charts and pencils: what do they have in common? When writing this blog, I really don’t know...

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The best charts for color blind viewers

How do we see the world in colors? It all starts with the light. The light can come from the Sun,...

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9 types of data visualization

When somebody asks me about my profession and I tell them that I’m a data visualization designer,...

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Data visualization within Adobe Illustrator

With a goal to dive deeper into the growing need for smarter dataviz solutions within Illustrator,...

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What's new in Release 49

So a designer walks into a bar...

Okay, we're not that good at telling "bar" jokes. We'd much...

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How to make a pie chart in Illustrator with Datylon

In this tutorial, we will make a multi-level (or multi-layered) pie chart that shows the chemical...

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