Interest in visualization design has increased in recent years.
While there is a large body of existing work from which
visualization designers can draw, much of the past research has
focused on developing new tools and techniques that are aimed at
specific contexts. Less focus has been placed on developing
holistic frameworks, models, and theories that can guide
visualization design at a general level-a level that transcends
domains, data types, users, and other contextual factors. In
addition, little emphasis has been placed on the thinking processes
of designers, including the concepts that designers use, while they
are engaged in a visualization design activity. In this book we
present a general, holistic framework that is intended to support
visualization design for human-information interaction. The
framework is composed of a number of conceptual elements that can
aid in design thinking. The core of the framework is a pattern
language-consisting of a set of 14 basic, abstract patterns-and a
simple syntax for describing how the patterns are blended. We also
present a design process, made up of four main stages, for creating
static or interactive visualizations. The 4-stage design process
places the patterns at the core of designers' thinking, and employs
a number of conceptual tools that help designers think
systematically about creating visualizations based on the
information they intend to represent. Although the framework can be
used to design static visualizations for simple tasks, its real
utility can be found when designing visualizations with interactive
possibilities in mind-in other words, designing to support a
human-information interactive discourse. This is especially true in
contexts where interactive visualizations need to support complex
tasks and activities involving large and complex information
spaces. The framework is intended to be general and can thus be
used to design visualizations for diverse domains, users,
information spaces, and tasks in different fields such as business
intelligence, health and medical informatics, digital libraries,
journalism, education, scientific discovery, and others. Drawing
from research in multiple disciplines, we introduce novel concepts
and terms that can positively contribute to visualization design
practice and education, and will hopefully stimulate further
research in this area.
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