DesignAday

My name is Jack Moffett. I am an Interaction Designer with over ten years of experience. According to Herb Simon, that makes me an expert, so I must have something worth sharing. I have started this venture as an exercise to spur critical thinking about my chosen profession. I hope that others may find it thought provoking as well.

DesignAday will present a brief thought about Design every weekday.
Jan 22
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Time Series

One of the early assignments in my course last semester was the design of a time series data visualization. This example plots the earnings of Tom Hanks’ movies in a chronological comparison with the number of Oscar nominations he received. An additional indicator marks Oscars he was awarded. While a relatively simple data set, its multivariate nature made it perfect for the assignment. Color is used to good effect, and using one of Tufte’s measures, their is little wasted ink. Most importantly, the visualization allows comparisons that wouldn’t be apparent in a simple listing of statistics.