Kelsey Nanan's journey into data visualization began with curiosity and evolved into a career crafting impactful, human-centered stories from complex data. Her work showcases collaboration, creativity, and how to let the data lead. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ggkCgp-x

At Insight 2024, Kaitlyn Trudeau (Senior Research Associate at Climate Central) shared how interactive data visualizations help viewers explore and understand local impacts of climate change. Watch the Creator Spotlight to learn more about Kaitlyn's work, and how she uses Observable for greater efficiency and impact:

At Insight 2024, Karim Douieb (data scientist and co-founder of Jetpack.ai) described a novel approach to visualizing election data: a dynamic cartogram that scales each state by its electoral weight, while preserving state shapes, for a more intuitive and representative view of election results. Watch the recording to see how Karim leveraged Observable, and built on examples from the Observable community, while rethinking election maps: https://lnkd.in/gzGXVR9t

Data visualizations are much more engaging when cross-functional team members collaborate outside of their respective roles. Watch this video to learn how data viz developer Kelsey Nanan unites designers and developers for stronger outcomes:

Thoughtful animation draws viewers into your data, revealing new perspectives and keeping them engaged. See some of our favorite tactics for using animation effectively in your data visualizations:

Jason Forrest (data viz designer, Founder/Editor-in-Chief of Nightingale, and half of The Data Vandals team) is on a mission to build data visualizations that get people talking. Learn how Jason combines his musical background, a collaborative process, illustration, and a focus on audience experience to create data products and experiences that draw people into the conversation:

We’re looking back at 2024 in our final blog post of the year, with 24 insights. Our users created many amazing, and insightful, data apps and notebooks; we provided some insights into how to build better data visualizations and data apps; we gained some new insights into how people use our open-source tools – and of course, there was the Insight conference!

We recently met up with Jason Forrest, data viz designer and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of Nightingale, to chat about creating data visualizations that inspire conversations. Learn how Jason fosters dialogue around data through collaboration, art, and "tuning the hi-hat": https://lnkd.in/gAYHbXaF

Adding annotations and interaction can be an effective way to tell a story through data, and help end users understand and engage more deeply with the data presented. Here are 5 ways to annotate charts in Observable Plot, along with the code to implement these annotations in your own charts and dashboards:

Are your dashboards in need of a refresh? With the right approach to designing dashboards, you can help your users better understand and make decisions based on the data presented. We highlighted seven best practices for designing better dashboards, including: 🗣️ Asking the right questions up front 🏗️ Structuring dashboards with clear visual hierarchies 🎛️ Adding filters for interaction