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Day 6.5/100 Days of Data Visualization. A brief pause to appreciate the art and craft of data visualization.
Last week’s visualization on femicide left me emotionally drained (Day 6/100). Sometimes data work forces us to confront difficult truths, and the weight of those stories requires rest. So I decided to take a brief break to celebrate the work of others who have mastered the art of data and design for storytelling.
Here are ten visualizations that inspire me to keep going.
1. Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities
This dot matrix visualization transforms 1.3 billion people with disabilities into a clear infographic. It’s an interactive visualization that can be viewed on Tableau for closer inspection to see which disabilities are represented by each dot. I love this visualization because of the topic of focus. The fact that mental health illness is included in the data and that there are 179 million people with chronic low back pain was enough for me. Prof. Dennis Kao has more impressive visualizations, but I love this one showing that.
disabilities affect 16% of global…
