Data Sketches: A journey of imagination, exploration, and beautiful data visualizations

Book Description

In Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects, and they combine this with powerful technical insights which reveal the mindset behind coding creatively. Exploring 12 different themes – from the Olympics to Presidents & Royals and from Movies to Myths & Legends – each pair of visualizations explores different technologies and forms, blurring the boundary between visualization as an exploratory tool and an artform in its own right. This beautiful book provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes account of all 24 projects and shares the authors’ personal notes and drafts every step of the way.

The book features:

• Detailed information on data gathering, sketching, and coding data visualizations for the web, with screenshots of works-in-progress and reproductions from the authors’ notebooks
• Never-before-published technical write-ups, with beginner-friendly explanations of core data visualization concepts
• Practical lessons based on the data and design challenges overcome during each project
• Full-color pages, showcasing all 24 final data visualizations

This book is perfect for anyone interested or working in data visualization and information design, and especially those who want to take their work to the next level and are inspired by unique and compelling data-driven storytelling.

中文：

书名：数据草图：想象、探索和美丽的数据可视化之旅

In 数据草图，Nadieh Bremer和Shirley Wu记录了24个独特的数据可视化项目背后的深度创意过程，他们将此与强大的技术见解相结合，揭示了创造性编码背后的心态。探索12个不同的主题-从奥运会到总统和皇室，从电影到神话和传说-每对可视化探索不同的技术和形式，模糊了可视化作为一种探索工具和本身就是一种艺术形式之间的界限。这本漂亮的书提供了所有24个项目的亲密、幕后故事，并分享了作者个人的笔记和每一步的草稿。

这本书的特点是：

• 关于数据收集、素描和网络数据可视化编码的详细信息，以及作者笔记本中正在进行的工作和复制品的屏幕截图
• 以前从未发表过的技术文章，对核心数据可视化概念进行了初学者友好的解释
• 基于每个项目期间克服的数据和设计挑战的实践经验
• 全彩色页面，显示所有24个最终数据可视化

这本书是任何对数据可视化和信息设计感兴趣或工作的人的完美选择，特别是那些想要将他们的工作提升到新的水平，并受到独特和引人注目的数据驱动故事讲述的启发的人。