Data presentation can be more than tables, pie charts and bar graphs. To convey the message you want to present, you might want to be a little more creative to catch your audiences attention. Here are a few creative approaches to help you reconsider your average pie chart.
found via Libology from VisualLiteracy.org
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods is a great resource if you have information you need to present visually, but don’t know the best way to express it. Simply go to the site and let your mouse hover over the examples in the different categories. Note the creative use of the Periodic Table structure…”
Other great resources on the visual display of information worth reviewing:
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
- Info Graphics Video: Little Red Riding Hood by Tomas Nilsson – An information graphics version of the classic tale Little Red Ridinghood
- Visualization Options Available in Many Eyes – A wide array of possibilities from the ordinary to the experimental
- Housing Prices Roller Coaster by by infosthetics – US Home prices from 1890 to today, adjusted for inflation, plotted as a roller coaster ride
- Wordle – Generates “word clouds” from text that you provide
- Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts