Information visualisation:  Data ink design principles

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Erik Duval

Presented to my information visualisation students on 20 April 2015.

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Information visualisation 
Data ink design principles
20 April 2015
Erik Duval
Dept. Computerwetenschappen, KULeuven
http://erikduval.wordpress.com & @ErikDuval
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Tufte’s principles
• Above all else show the data
2

• Data ink:“non-erasable core of a graphic...”
(Tufte, 1983)
• Data-ink ratio
= data-ink / total ink
= Proportion of a graphic’s ink devoted to
the non-redundant display of data-
information.
= 1.0 – proportion of graphic that can be
erased without the loss of information
3

Tufte’s principles
• Maximise the data-ink ratio, within reason
• Erase non-data ink, within reason
• Erase redundant data-ink
• Revise and edit
4

“Perfection is achieved not
when there is nothing more
to add, but when there is
nothing left to take away” 
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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@ErikDuval

h.p://erikduval.wordpress.com
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Information visualisation:  Data ink design principles

1. Information visualisation  Data ink design principles 20 April 2015 Erik Duval Dept. Computerwetenschappen, KULeuven http://erikduval.wordpress.com & @ErikDuval 1

2. Tufte’s principles • Above all else show the data 2

3. • Data ink:“non-erasable core of a graphic...” (Tufte, 1983) • Data-ink ratio = data-ink / total ink = Proportion of a graphic’s ink devoted to the non-redundant display of data- information. = 1.0 – proportion of graphic that can be erased without the loss of information 3

4. Tufte’s principles • Maximise the data-ink ratio, within reason • Erase non-data ink, within reason • Erase redundant data-ink • Revise and edit 4

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