The Importance of Decluttering and Focusing Graphs

Kona Spermanath: decluttering is never going to be enough in terms of designing an effective visual for communication purposes. The challenge was I was so keen on decluttering that I took it way too far, he says. This is something that the visual thinking lab at Northwestern explored in a white paper called declutter and focus empirically evaluating design guidelines for effective data communication. Kona points you to podcast episode 50 where Kona chats with the lead researcher on that study,. Stephen Frank and Mary.