David McCandless Talk

The main points that I took from his talk were:

• Visualising information can make it easier to understand, and it allows users to be able to see patterns and connections in data.
• You should always provide transparent and non-biased data to be able to directly compare data.
• The way data is represented is really dependent on the other relative information that it can be compared with.

4th Master Apprentice Task - Dashboard

These were the charts that I choose to try and recreate for this master apprentice exercise.

And these were the versions that I was able to create

For this master apprentice exercise I wanted to focus on the use of colour and the font sizing. With using a minimal colour scheme, it helps to keep the data not too overwhelming but having the colours used be very bright also means that they are very easy to see and each section is clearly distinct from one another. The font sizing is also effective as it highlights the most important data first and makes it the easiest the read and draws the most attention, but it is also consistent across the different cards and sections which helps keep them looking neat and organised. I plan to also use a limited colour scheme for my dashboard so that it is not too overwhelming or distracting for the user.