Data Visualization articles and design guides

Charts that respect the data and the reader both. We write about encoding choices, when a bar beats a donut, how animation can reveal a trend or bury it, and the specific craft of making numbers legible on a phone screen. There's a strong motion-design thread running through this tag, since animated transitions between chart states are where a lot of dataviz goes wrong. For designers and developers building dashboards, editorial graphics, or interactive explainers who want their visuals to inform rather than decorate.