Visualization Analysis and Design
by Tamara Munzner · first published 2014
100% recommend
Why HN recommends it
Gives a structured framework for thinking about how to design visualizations, covering the dead ends and principles behind them; suited to people building or evaluating visualizations who want more than tutorials.
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"The book features a unified approach encompassing information visualization techniques for abstract data, scientific visualization techniques for spatial data, and visual analytics techniques for interweaving data transformation and analysis with interactive visual exploration. It emphasizes the careful validation of effectiveness and the consideration of function before form."--
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This book is really details and explain minute things in this domain. Tamara Munzner. "Visualization Analysis and Design" https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/ You should take a look into this.
on “Ask HN: What is the best book on data visualization in 2021?” ↗For conferences, IEEE InfoVis. For a book, try Tamara Munzner’s Visualization Analysis and Design. https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/
on “Introducing d3-scale” ↗They would really benefit by reading "Visualization Analysis & Design" by Munzer. If they had they would not have picked that set of colors :-). But poor color choices aside there is a lot to be said for 'modes'.
on “Google Maps Gets a New Look” ↗There are decades of academic literature on visualization and perception: IEEE VIS (and InfoVis specifically), IEEE TVCG (Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics), ACM SIGCHI, and lots more. If you’re interested in learning about visualization I recommend starting with Tamara Munzner’s book, Visualization Analysis & Design: https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/
on “Bar Chart Race, Explained” ↗This is interesting and a little bit entertaining. There has been excellent work on taxonomies for data visualization. Tamara Munzner's book "Visualization Analysis and Design" is a good starting point. There has been excellent work on identifying "dimensions" or properties of data visualization. Lee Wilkinson's "Grammar of Graphics" is a landmark. You could search backward…
on “A periodic table of visualization methods (2007)” ↗Visualization Analysis and Design by Munzner is also good.
on “Data Visualization Books” ↗…dead ends that people have tried over the decades and gives you a "thinking framework" on how to design visualizations. [1] VIZBI 2011 Keynote: Visualization Principles https://vimeo.com/26205288 [2] Visualization Analysis and Design (Book) https://www.crcpress.com/Visualization-Analysis-and-Design/M...
on “Rethinking Visual Programming with Go” ↗