Adventures in Data Visualization is a workshop that teaches data visualization skills. It is run by a team of technologists, designers, makers and students. The workshop aims to help participants understand how to visualize data and tell data-driven stories. Participants work through an ideation, prototyping and discovery process to visualize their data and learn about mapping data to appropriate visual properties and graphical encodings. Past workshops have shown that developing knowledge, iterating designs, and getting external feedback are important lessons.

1. Data-driven explorations
19th May 2018
Greta Castellana
@gretacastellana
Giovanni Profeta
@profeta_g
Adventures in Data Visualization
www.adv-workshop.github.io

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What is Adventures in Data
Visualization?
THE CONTEXT

8. The team
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Serena Cangiano
Coordinator
Greta Castellana
Tutor
Giovanni Profeta
Coordinator & tutor
Fabio Franchino
Tutor
Marco Lurati
Digital Fabrication
expert

10. We are

11. We are technologists,

12. We are technologists,
designers,

13. We are technologists,
designers, makers,

14. We are technologists,
designers, makers,
students.

15. 20172016

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How do we enable participants
to understand and make data
visualizations?
THE CHALLENGE

17. Stephen Few: Tapping the Power of Visual Perception,2004

18. Stephen Few: Tapping the Power of Visual Perception,2004

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Charles Joseph Minard: Napoleon’s March to Russia 1812-1813.

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John Snow’s map of London Cholera outbreak 1854

21. Certain visual features convey information
before the viewer pays conscious attention.

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Size Value Texture Color Orientation Shape

23. Where is the highest value located?
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26. VisualizationData Human
Presenting Perceiving
Properties of the data Properties of the graphic Properties of the human
The rules of mapping
data to graphics
The rules of perception
and cognition

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Which question(s) are you
asking to the data?
THE DATA

30. Discovery PrototypingIdeation

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How are you visualise your
data-driven stories?
THE APPROACH

48. What we learned
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- Developing a knowledge about the topic is important
- Starting small & making iterations
- Engaging with an external audience has great value

49. Adventures
in Data Visualization
workshop
15—19 Luglio 2018
Crypto edition

50. Come and say hi!
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