The branch of graphic design focused on visually communicating factual information. Includes the principles behind effective use and design of diagrams, maps, signage, pictograms, data visualisations, infographics and technical illustrations.
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How can I show a database graphically?
I would like to provide a non-technical, intuitive visualization of my database for people who are familiar with the underlying data, but not database design. The figure will be included in a journal ...
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Indesign auto column width size for table based on the data containing?
I have a lot of table that designers have to slighty adjust just to fit the content into the table. This takes a large amount of time in our process and I would like to ask if there is anyway to skip ...
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Charts that communicate completeness / 100%
I wonder if there are other - similar intuitive ways - to visualize that some parts together on a chart are the whole / complete / sum up to 100%. Probably the most commonly used and understood is a ...
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Is there any learning service like Pluralsight but for design?
"Meet Pluralsight. We are a group of serious developers. We are also committed to creating the best training available. This mix of training for developers, by developers is what rings true to our ...
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What are great fonts for information-heavy data tables?
I'm designing a web application which has lots of data tables with business information both as numbers (sales, hours etc) and text (product names, region names etc).
What fonts are great for dense ...
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How do I find examples of single 2-D non-animated info-graphics with 4 or 5 dimensions within a single graph?
Really not sure how to explain what I'm looking for, just know it exist.
For example, dimensions might include time, volatility, space, distance, density, etc. -- basically any measurement that's ...
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What are examples of web apps with clean, text-based layouts?
I'm in the process of redesigning a web app with a very simple layout, set mostly by text (similar to Google in both aesthetics and functionality). Do you know any examples of web apps with such ...
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Web Application Design
This is likely to be a bad question, but I'm hoping that someone can help me narrow it down a bit.
What resources could I (a programmer) find to help me with some basic design skills for an internal ...
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What are examples of magazine-like front-pages in web design?
I'm designing a responsive front-page layout for a well known online community (just dribbbled this preview). The content section will feature a list of several articles, each containing:
A ...
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Graphic design/color compositions for waveform presentation
I have a dashboard of data, on which one of most important elements is a waveform of medical data (a real-time stream, in most cases it would be ECG waveform).
I am looking for a way to present this ...
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How improve my table-cell highlighting scheme?
In my daunting table of market numbers, seconds-by-seconds price changes in the Bid, Ask, and Last columns are highlighted for the user.
Highlighting happens when the page is refreshed: click the ...
