{"product_id":"the-art-of-insight-isbn-9781119797395","title":"The Art of Insight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn how expert data visualization designers reason about their craft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Insight: How Great Visualization Designers Think\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned visualization designer and educator Alberto Cairo, in conversation with several leaders in the field, delivers an inspiring exploration of how they make design choices. The book is a celebration of visualization, and a personal journey that dives into subjects like:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the professional background and life experiences of every designer shape their choices of what to visualize and how to visualize it.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat designers from different countries and cultures, and working in different fields, such as data art, data analytics, or data journalism, have in common, or how they differ from each other.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow designers reflect on research, ethical reasoning, and also aesthetic judgments, to make decisions such as selecting the most appropriate ways to encode data, or the most appealing visual style.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for data scientists and data journalists, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Insight\u003c\/i\u003e will also inspire artists, analysts, statisticians, and any other professional who uses data visualizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the author xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA note on typography xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: On Magic (with Shirley Wu) 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Pragmatists 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Unruly Stripes (with Ed Hawkins) 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: A World of Conversation 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Eccentrics 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Eternal Wanderer (with Jaime Serra) 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: A Certain Inner Light (with Nadieh Bremer) 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: A Mindful Artisan (with Sonja Kuijpers) 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Living Visualization (with Pedro Cruz) 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Data and Persons (with Federica Fragapane) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Souls Before Numbers (with Mohamad Waked) 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Ambassadors 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Building Bridges (with Allen Hillery) 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Good Fighter (with Amanda Makulec) 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Making Data Friendly (with Alli Torban) 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: A Reporter Among Engineers (with Aaron Williams) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Therapy of Visualization (with Deniz Cem Önduygu) 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: The Public Intellectual (with Attila Bátorfy) 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: The Discerning Outsider (with Harkanwal Singh) 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Coda 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Narrators 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: A Journalism of Care (with Alyssa Fowers) 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: No Treasure Hunts (with Lena Groeger) 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Smart Brevity (with Danielle Alberti, Jacque Schrag, and Will Chase) 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Visceral Visualizations (with Gurman Bhatia) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: The Determined Learner (with Jane Pong) 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: The Jack-of-All-Trades (with Simon Ducroquet) 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: A Journalist at War (with Anatoliy Bondarenko) 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Teachers, Mentors, and Meaning 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 286\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003csmall\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003c\/small\u003e the art of insight\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Alberto Cairo’s \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Insight\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the lives of numerous designers and what has shaped them. Each chapter showcases stunning examples, but also life stories and the motivations that informed choices. I laughed, I cried, I cheered, but perhaps most importantly, I caught glimpses of myself and my own story.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—Bridget Cogley,\u003c\/b\u003e co-author of \u003ci\u003eFunctional Aesthetics for Data Visualization\u003c\/i\u003e and Chief Visualization Officer at Versalytix   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a breath of fresh air following the exhaustion of the pandemic! Cairo has crafted a pragmatic, inspiring reflection on the process and purpose of contemporary data visualization.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—Catherine D’Ignazio,\u003c\/b\u003e Associate Professor and Director of the Data + Feminism Lab, MIT, and co-author of \u003ci\u003eData Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a much-needed demonstration of the opposite of superficial critique, and the data visualization world will be better off for it.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—Ben Jones,\u003c\/b\u003e Co-Founder and CEO of Data Literacy  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Alberto Cairo brings us along on his exploration of the new and different ways designers are visualizing our world. It’s an uplifting journey to get a glimpse into the perspectives and processes of these creative data artists.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—Randy Krum,\u003c\/b\u003e visualization designer, author of \u003ci\u003eCool Infographics: Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design\u003c\/i\u003e, and Founder of InfoNewt  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Practitioners of data visualization and storytelling hope to get people to see, understand, and feel differently about data. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Insight\u003c\/i\u003e has me thinking differently about the field of data visualization and storytelling itself. Cairo’s intimate and caring interviews and commentary are revealing, thought-provoking, and most of all, inspiring.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Steve Wexler,\u003c\/b\u003e Professional chart Looker-atter, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Dashboards\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Picture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Visualization stretches beyond reports and sterile charts to uses more tightly coupled with real life, which is full of beauty, complexity, and stories. With \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Insight\u003c\/i\u003e, Alberto Cairo places the full field on display. 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