storytelling with data podcast: #55 functional aesthetics with Dr. Vidya Setlur & Bridget Cogley
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The Book Is Not About Charts
In the book, we talk about the paper towel problem. We all do this a lot now with covid - you wipe your hand in front of the machine and it doesn't spit out the towels. And so you're taking that inch and you're using it to the max. This book is talk about the ways in which we can bring charts together as meaningful elements. It really is about taking a mixture of elegance, of delight, and counterbalancing it with kind of dis fact.
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