Hacker News with Generative AI: Information Design

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
391 points by RyanShook 8 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 126 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 166 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 237 days ago | 66 comments