Exploring different tools, techniques, and design principles for data visualization
Kristin Henderson
Summer 2024
Overview
This project explores different tools, techniques, and design principles for data visualization through four pieces: an interactive D3 cityscape on global poverty, a hand-designed bird-frequency map of local parks, a Tableau dashboard built as a personal self-portrait, and an Excel workforce dashboard for employee attrition. Together they cover interactive web-based visualization, design and layout, dashboard design, and visual communication.
Building Height: Population
Building Width: GDP per Capita
Building Color: Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Star Size: Mean Income
Star Height: Poverty Line
Window Color: Proportion Above / Below the Poverty Line
An interactive D3 visualization of global poverty across 166 countries. Building height shows population, width shows GDP per capita, and window colors show the proportion of people above (yellow) and below (gray) the national poverty line. Stars show mean income (size) and the national poverty line (height). A solo D3 remake with water reflections, building on a p5.js group project (Adam E., Kristin H., Max P., Kenya R.) heavily adapted from an original design by 'ingriddoubleday'.
A visualization of the relative frequency of commonly photographed birds uploaded on iNaturalist in parks in Leesburg, Virginia. This piece explores design principles such as hierarchy, balance, space, and color. Created with Inkscape. Map source: OpenStreetMap. Photo credits from iNaturalist: American Robin – Dimitris Salas, Eastern Bluebird – Michael Gallo, Turkey Vulture – Seig, White-breasted Nuthatch – SW, Mourning Dove – Donna Pomeroy, Chipping Sparrow – SW.
A self-portrait built as an interactive Tableau dashboard, combining creative data sources, a mix of chart types, and slicers to tell a personal story that goes beyond the typical digital footprint.
An Excel dashboard for workforce analysis, using pivot tables, charts, and slicers to provide an interactive view of employee attrition data.
