DESIGNING WITH AND FOR DATA — USER INTERFACE DESIGN SEMINAR / 01-04-2015 … and what did we learn! ABOUT US 2008 ABOUT US 15 ABOUT US Utrecht, the Netherlands CURRENT CLIENTS THE RISE OF DATA VISUALIZATION DAILY LIFE HISTORY 1786 1880 INTERNET +SENSORS SENSORS ARE EVERYWHERE SENSORS ARE EVERYWHERE SENSORS ARE EVERYWHERE GENERATES DATA WORLDWIDE DATA GROWTH Source: IDC, EMC VISUALIZING DATA COMMUNICATION Sender Message Receiver COMMUNICATION Data (visualisation) Sender Message Receiver INPUT DATA For example: - Numerical data • Financial • Climate • GIS • Web analytics - Textual data Sender • Social media • Newspaper articles - Images • Photo’s • CCTV • Movie INPUT DATA Sender Message Receiver METHOD ACQUIRE PARSE FILTER ANALYSE VISUALIZE ENRICH INTERACT based on Computational Information Design by Ben Fry METHOD ACQUIRE PARSE FILTER ANALYSE VISUALIZE ENRICH INTERACT based on Computational Information Design by Ben Fry TEAM Source: Andy Kirk TEAM Source: Andy Kirk TOOLS FOR VISUALIZATION Easy to use RAW Excel / OpenOffice Visage Tableau (public) Quadrigram Mr. Data Converter Mapbox Circos QlikView DataWrangler MagnaView Timeline Google Fusion Tables Data Design Many Eyes GeoCommons Cytoscape QGIS TIBCO Spotfire Raphael DataWrapper Open Refine CartoDB Processing 2 threejs R-Project NodeBox D3.js Advanced DIFFERENT CHART TYPES Comparing quantitative and categorical values Charting hierarchical and part-to-whole relationships Plotting trends and changes over time Graphing connections and multivariate relationships Mapping spatial data ADJUST Hue Orientation Intensity Size Position Shape Goals Make decissions Viewing data in context Sender Message Receiver Finding patterns Understanding a story Data visualization MessageGetting inspired Goals Make decissions Receiver Viewing data in context Finding patterns Understanding a story Getting inspired Ensure the outcome is relevant for the user Personal Specific Up to date 4 LESSONS LEARNED Visualising the KPI’s of a bank — DASHBOARD » DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT 2011 LESSON 1 Informing people with data is something different than ‘telling a story’ with data LESSON 2 Be aware when you do something unconventional Find in intuitive way patterns, relations and sentiments in online news and social media — PRODUCT » DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT LESSON 3 Creating data visualizations is time consuming (especialing when you try to find new ways to visualize things) CASE: Visualising Chicago’s mobility and infrastructure towards a prosperous future. — WEBSITE » ANALYSIS, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning http://www.cmap.illinois.gov http://www.cmap.illinois.gov http://www.cmap.illinois.gov http://www.cmap.illinois.gov C°F LESSON 4 Teamwork is crucial to create results like these THANK YOU! cleverfranke.com /cleverfranke @cleverfranke Further Reading Design for Information The Design of Everyday Things Isabel Meirelles Donald Norman Tools Data Visualization: A successful design process Visual Language for Designers Overview of tools Andy Kirk Connie Malamed http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/resources/ http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ The Functional Art - an introduction to information The Practical Guide to Information Design. graphics and visualization Ronnie Lipton Alberto Cairo Ways of Seeing Video Designing Data Visualization John Berger Noah Iliinsky & Julie Steele Hans Rosling http://www.ted.com/talks/ A Practical Guide to Designing with Data Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen Brian Suda Manuel Lima Visualize This: The Flowing Data Guide to Design, The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Visualization, and Statistics Knowledge Nathan Yau Manuel Lima Archive Statistical Atlas of the United States (1870 - 1890) The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Visual Storytelling: Inspiring a New Visual Language Edward Tufte R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, F. Schulz Getting Started with Processing Casey Reas and Ben Fry. .