Hacker News with Generative AI: Information Design

Chartjunk (wikipedia.org)
Chartjunk consists of all visual elements in charts and graphs that are not necessary to comprehend the information represented on the graph, or that distract the viewer from this information.[1][2][3]
Data Visualization, Charts, Design, Information Design
16 points by tosh 14 days ago | 2 comments
Hyperlegibility (notboring.co)
Information that was once hard to find is now hard to avoid.
Information Design, Accessibility, Web Design
20 points by jger15 32 days ago | 1 comments
Visualizing All ISBNs (annas-archive.org)
This picture is 1000×800 pixels. Each pixel represents 2,500 ISBNs. If we have a file for an ISBN, we make that pixel more green. If we know an ISBN has been issued, but we don’t have a matching file, we make it more red.
Data Visualization, ISBN, Information Design
393 points by RyanShook 106 days ago | 139 comments
Complexity as Design Material (arxiv.org)
Complexity is often seen as a inherent negative in information design, with the job of the designer being to reduce or eliminate complexity, and with principles like Tufte's "data-ink ratio" or "chartjunk" to operationalize minimalism and simplicity in visualizations.
Information Design, Complexity, Data Visualization, Minimalism
5 points by PaulHoule 224 days ago | 0 comments
Visual Variables are a specified set of symbols that can be applied to data (infovis-wiki.net)
Data Visualization, Information Design, Design Principles
9 points by Bluestein 264 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: What are your favourite websites that display a lot of data / tables? (ycombinator.com)
Data Visualization, Web Development, Information Design, User Interface
125 points by inSenCite 335 days ago | 66 comments