a curated guide to the best tools, resources and technologies for data visualization
Data Design: Visualising quantities, locations, connections by Per Mollerup is a lively and comprehensive introduction to data visualisation, illustrated with 199 instructive data displays. The book is for designers, journalists, editors, writers and anyone concerned with presenting factual information in a clear and effective way.
In their 2011 book Designing Data Visualizations, Noah Illinsky and Julie Steele demystify the design process by showing the reader how to use a linear decision-making process to encode information visually.
A fantastic blog and continuously updated ebook by Malcolm Maclean on learning D3 from scratch.
Alberto Cairo’s second standard-setting manifesto for truthfulness in data representation.
Design for Information offers an integrative approach to learning basic methods and graphical principles for the visual presentation of information. The book surveys current visualizations that are analyzed for their content (information) as well as for their methods of presentation and design strategies (design).
Andy Kirk’s 2012 book will benefit anyone who wants to discover effective, attractive ways to visually analyze and communicate data. With no special knowledge required, it’s an inspirational guide that teaches through examples and illustration.
An overview of the nascent field of data journalism and interactive news data visualizations.
Alberto Cairo’s original now-classic book on the intersection of art and science in creating visualizations for general audiences.
A free e-book from Infoactive, now acquired by Tableau, on basics of designing data displays.