Brain Hacking: Designing Data for Rapid Understanding
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Brain Hacking D e s i g n i n g D a t a f o r R a p i d U n d e r s t a n d i n g
Data Summit 2014
@ p a u l m j o y c e


2,500+ paying customers

“Visual displays rich with data are not only an appropriate and proper complement to human capabilities, but also such designs are frequently optimal.” Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information

Data Viz Spectrum
simple complex

Source: http://youtu.be/wnvoZxe95bo
Find the red circle


Source: http://youtu.be/wnvoZxe95bo
Find the red circle



Pre-attentive processing

Pre-attentive processing
Takes less than 250ms

Source: http://youtu.be/wnvoZxe95bo
Find the red circle Part II


Source: http://youtu.be/wnvoZxe95bo
Find the red circle Part II

Source: http://youtu.be/wnvoZxe95bo
Find the red circle Part III


Source: http://youtu.be/wnvoZxe95bo
Find the red circle Part III

Pre-attentive attributes
Source: http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/ie/visual_perception.pdf




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Motorola
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Apple
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U.S. Smartphone Market Share

Memory
iconic short term long term

Memory
iconic short term long term








3-7 chunks of information
(ideally < 5)
short term

Recap

Recap • Where in the data viz spectrum are you?

Recap • Where in the data viz spectrum are you? • Glanceability?
• Design for how we process information

Recap • Where in the data viz spectrum are you? • Glanceability?
• Design for how we process information • Pre-attentive processing • Decide what do you want to highlight • Choose the right attribute

Recap • Where in the data viz spectrum are you? • Glanceability?
• Design for how we process information • Pre-attentive processing • Decide what do you want to highlight • Choose the right attribute
• Optimise for short term memory • 3-7 chunks of information

Brain Hacking D e s i g n i n g D a t a f o r R a p i d U n d e r s t a n d i n g
Data Summit 2014
@ p a u l m j o y c e