Preattentive processing occurs without our consciousness at an extremely high speed. It is tuned to detect a specific set of visual attributes called Preattentive Attributes. If you want to understand more about how we process a visual, please refer to this post on Visual Perception. Preattentive attributes determine what information catches our attention. This is important in…
Challenge: Visualise gender equality in leadership across G7 nations using the Reykjavík Index, moving away from misleading circular/radial bar charts. Design decisions: Circular/radial bar charts look cool but are very hard to read. The bar lengths can be misleading because each bar is judged by its angle, not length. I redesigned it using two complementary…
Challenge: Communicate the state of press freedom across eight South Asian countries over a 10 year period while avoiding the “spaghetti graph” effect of overlapping trend lines. Design decisions: I chose to focus only on the South Asian region for this design. The map sahows that the South Asian countries do not enjoy a free…
Challenge: Distill a multi-chart operational dashboard into a single executive slide that communicates operational health and enables decision making. Design decisions: Most operational dashboards are designed for exploration, not decision making. I transformed a dense monitoring tool into a narrative by asking the question: “Can the organisation maintain service quality while managing a steady customer…
This project redesigns a chart originally published by Yahoo! Finance using data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The goal was to make generational spending patterns easier to interpret and highlight where millennials spend the most. The redesign simplifies colour use, reduces unnecessary precision, and clarifies the chart’s main takeaway.
Data is the backbone of business decisions, research and scientific discoveries. But not all data is made equal. Understanding data types and measurement scales is essential for collecting, analysing and interpreting data correctly. Each type of data carries unique properties that dictate what analyses are valid, how results can be visualised and what conclusions can…
One of the trickiest parts of working with time series data? Incomplete periods. Imagine tracking yearly revenue, quarterly sales, monthly website traffic, or weekly customer sign-ups, and the latest period isn’t finished yet. If you simply plot the data as is, the incomplete period can look like a sudden drop, misleading stakeholders and causing a lot of panic. If you omit the current data, you are missing valuable early signals and not showing the complete picture.
Don’t let your message be lost amongst mountains of text. In most organizations, powerpoint has become the de facto presentation tool. When asked to run a meeting, we instantly open powerpoint to create a presentation. This may come as a surprise, but how often do we pause and ask the question – Is powerpoint the…