CategoryData Visualization

January 14, 2025 — How do we determine the most suitable illustration style? How should illustrations complement and reflect your corporate identity? What will resonate most with your target audience? And regarding the content, what type of illustration would best enhance it, and how would it work for the age range it is primarily for? Thomas Bohm shares insightful examples and discusses the key qualities of effective illustrations, emphasizing the importance of understanding your audience. Read more…

November 8, 2024 — Thomas Bohm rethinks technical illustrations and data visualizations, sharing interesting and uncommon examples of how to present data and information. Bar graphs and pie charts are great, but there’s so much more to explore! Read more…

September 23, 2024 — In this age of endless newfangled organizational tools, the spreadsheet holds firm. Frederick O’Brien explains how, from engineering to design, they can still provide a rock-solid foundation for your work. Read more…

September 12, 2024 — Bringing data to life in your application can be done without the usual headaches. Paul Scanlon shows you how you can build beautiful data visualizations using the Google Analytics API, and you won’t have to spend any time “massaging” the data. Read more…

February 9, 2024 — A radar chart — also commonly called a spider chart — is yet another way to visualize data and make connections. Radar charts are inherently geometric, making them both a perfect fit and fun to make with CSS, thanks to the polygon() function. Read along as Preethi Sam demonstrates the process and sprinkles it with a pinch of JavaScript to make a handy, reusable component. Read more…

June 6, 2023 — This article highlights practical design guidelines and techniques to get around frequent and painful UX challenges with tables and grids. Read more…

January 5, 2023 — In this article, Sara Dholakia presents a guide on how to choose just the right type of data visualization, with guidelines and things to keep in mind. Read more…

June 16, 2022 — All the data in the world won’t do anyone any good if we can’t make sense of it. Or better yet, make it sing. Here are some stunning examples of data visualization in the wild, and some pointers on how to start making your own. Read more…

November 11, 2021 — Dribbbleshots just might be the hotbed of questionable dashboards. Striking visuals, little context, and no research: all recipes for mediocrity. Mediocrity won’t do. We’ll pursue greatness. And in that pursuit, we’ll cover research, decluttering, and data visualization. In this article, Adam Fard will talk about research, decluttering, and data visualization, as well as how these things can make your dashboard design better. Read more…

November 5, 2020 — In this article, you will be exposed to ApexCharts and to the different types and variants of charts it provides. Along the way, we’ll build several types of charts and learn how we can customize the appearance of our charts. By the end of the article, you will be able to integrate different types and variants of chats in your applications with ApexCharts. Read more…