Keep it Simple
With each visualization, ask yourself, “Which elements here are most important to the story I’m trying to tell?” Trying to cram too much into the same visualization only adds confusion and makes it harder to spot the insights.
Making simple visualizations doesn’t have to be complex :
- Limit the number of visualizations in a dashboard to 9 or less
- Add callouts to emphasize the information that’s most critical to your message
- Use trend lines to highlight important correlations between variables, and make your graphs more scannable
- Use size and color to clearly define unique data variables
- Avoid decorative fonts, text treatments like underlines and italics, and visual embellishments like drop shadows
Whoa, slow down there.
We get it, it’s easy to get excited about visualizations.
But it’s possible to get a little too fancy, with too many bells and whistles.
In fact, there’s even a name for the phenomenon: Chartjunk.
Here are a few of the most common chartjunk offenders:
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