By visualizing information, we turn it into a landscape that you can explore with your eyes, a sort of information map. And when you’re lost in information, an information map is kind of useful. ― David McCandless True data driven decision making is one of the most important skills in existence, and getting a good grasp of your data is obviously extremely important. This post features some of the various ways I have visualized data so far, including statically designed diagrams as well as fully interactive prototypes.

What this is: I created three drafts in the process of re-designing the website of one of my sustainability volunteering projects using Affinity Designer, based on a self-created grid. The process There are many ways to go about designing a web page, and one of the most popular tools to get started is the grid. “In graphic design, a grid is a structure (usually two-dimensional) made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical, horizontal, and angular) or curved lines (grid lines) used to structure content.