Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data

Description

Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use it, even if it's filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don't let your investment in dashboard technology go to waste.

This book will teach you the visual design skills you need to create dashboards that communicate clearly, rapidly, and compellingly. Information Dashboard Design will explain how to:

• Avoid the thirteen mistakes common to dashboard design
• Provide viewers with the information they need quickly and clearly
• Apply what we now know about visual perception to the visual presentation of information
• Minimize distractions, cliches, and unnecessary embellishments that create confusion
• Organize business information to support meaning and usability
• Create an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience
• Maintain consistency of design to provide accurate interpretation
• Optimize the power of dashboard technology by pairing it with visual effectiveness

Stephen Few has over 20 years of experience as an IT innovator, consultant, and educator. As Principal of the consultancy Perceptual Edge, Stephen focuses on data visualization for analyzing and communicating quantitative business information. He provides consulting and training services, speaks frequently at conferences, and teaches in the MBA program at the University of California in Berkeley. He is also the author of Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten. Visit his website at www.perceptualedge.com.

 

 

描述

儀表板在近年來已成為一種獨特而強大的工具，能夠以一目了然的方式傳達重要信息。儘管儀表板具有潛在的強大功能，但這種潛力很少被實現。即使世界上最好的顯示技術也無法解決這個問題，如果您未能使用有效的視覺設計。如果一個儀表板無法在瞬間告訴您所需的信息，即使它充滿了可愛的測量儀表、計量器和交通燈，您也永遠不會使用它。不要讓您對儀表板技術的投資白白浪費。

這本書將教您所需的視覺設計技巧，以創建能夠清晰、迅速和引人入勝地傳達信息的儀表板。《信息儀表板設計》將解釋如何：

- 避免儀表板設計中常見的十三個錯誤
- 快速且清晰地提供觀眾所需的信息
- 將我們對視覺知覺的了解應用於信息的視覺呈現
- 減少混淆的干擾、陳腔濫調和不必要的修飾
- 組織業務信息以支持意義和可用性
- 創造一個美觀的觀看體驗
- 保持設計的一致性以提供準確的解讀
- 通過與視覺效果的結合來最大限度地發揮儀表板技術的威力

Stephen Few擁有超過20年的IT創新、咨詢和教育經驗。作為Perceptual Edge咨詢公司的負責人，Stephen專注於數據可視化，用於分析和傳達定量業務信息。他提供咨詢和培訓服務，經常在會議上發表演講，並在加州大學伯克利分校的MBA課程中教授。他還是《Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten》一書的作者。請訪問他的網站www.perceptualedge.com。