Data by Design

Data by Design

@dataxdesign.bsky.social

Let's design a more just future through the history of data visualization. Powered by the Emory DH Lab. https://dataxdesign.io/

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Lauren Klein
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So very amazing to see @datavisfriendly.bsky.social, the creator of the Milestones in the History of Data Visualization website, my reference text for so long, with DATA BY DESIGN in his hands! (And check out www.datavis.ca/milestones if you haven't already!)

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Michael Friendly@datavisfriendly.bsky.social

#dataviz I got a lovely gift in the mail today, @laurenfkennedy.bsky.social Data by Design The historical and modern content is amazing, but I'm also drooling over the wonderful look and page design 💯

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We’re excited for you to dig in as well! Thanks for your support!

Will Allen@williamlallen.bsky.social

Very excited to dig into @dataxdesign.bsky.social by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and team! This mode of thinking has already shaped how I’m planning my next project on the political drivers and consequences of visualizing information.

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Lauren Klein
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Most important professional goal--a cake with a picture of my book on it--now achieved, deliciously! Thanks to colleagues, friends, family, and more who came out on Tuesday to celebrate the release of DATA BY DESIGN! Next up, NYC!

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We hosted the first of our three official book launch events at Charis Books & More last night in Atlanta 🍑 Moderator: @kanarinka.bsky.social Panelists: @laurenfklein.bsky.social @marguread.bsky.social @chronictanvi.bsky.social Shiyao Li Jay Varner Enjoy a few photos from the event here:

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Data by Design
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From WAYWARD LIVES, we learned to direct our attention to those on the margins of the archives, such as the student contributors to Du Bois's famous data portraits who we center in Chapter 5.

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Data by Design
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The influence of Edward Tufte is impossible to overstate. In many ways, this entire book is a counterhistory of VISUAL DISPLAY. This is particularly true of Chapter 2, on William Playfair, where we explore the man behind the charts, and the people behind his data.

Data by Design
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Every chapter is part of a much larger conversation—built on the work of historians, designers, scholars, and storytellers whose ideas helped us see data visualization and its relationship with power in new ways.

Data by Design
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All research is built on what has come before. We learned so much from art historian Cheryl Finley's COMMITTED TO MEMORY, whic tracks the creation, reception, and reimagining of the image that serves as the centerpiece of Chapter 1.

Data by Design
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DATA BY DESIGN IS OUT NOW🥳! There is still time to receive a custom riso-printed bookplate, signed by members of our project team, which you can stick in the front of your copy of the book when it arrives.

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Lauren Klein
@laurenfklein.bsky.social

Chicago! See you Friday with this amazing crew!

Miriam Posner@miriamposner.com

Truly, what an honor to be part of this cohort of books—every one a banger. We’re all celebrating together on Oct. 23 with the American Studies Association’s DH Caucus. Come join!

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Miriam Posner
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Truly, what an honor to be part of this cohort of books—every one a banger. We’re all celebrating together on Oct. 23 with the American Studies Association’s DH Caucus. Come join!

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Lauren Klein
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MITP official!

MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social

"An instant classic. [Data By Design] celebrates data visualization while also casting light on the dark parts of its history ... with rigor and grace." — @albertocairo.com "Data By Design" shows how visualization can lead to a more liberatory world. Out Oct 20th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205618...

Data by Design
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Join us for our Boston book launch on Thursday, November 12 where Lauren Klein and Tanvi Sharma will be in conversation with Arvind Satyanarayan, director of the Visualization Group at MIT, in the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library.

Data by Design
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Chapter 3 of Data by Design focuses on the subject of “People,” considering how we as designers, often brought into projects partway through, might design visualizations in ways that enable the *creation*of knowledge without the *extraction*of knowledge.

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One work that we highlight is Birch Bark (2022) by contemporary artist Sarah Sense. Here, Sense employs her own ancestral basket-weaving techniques as a way to interrupt the unidirectional process of knowledge extraction, redirecting some of the map’s meaning-making force.

Data by Design
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🥳🥳🥳 Come celebrate with us live at one of our three book launch events in Atlanta, New York, and Boston: dataxdesign.io/events Data by Design will be available on October 20 from @mitpress.bsky.social.

Lauren Klein@laurenfklein.bsky.social

It's here, it's here! DATA BY DESIGN is here in my hands, and it is beautiful!!! So much gratitude to @mitpress.bsky.social @chronictanvi.bsky.social and the (not on bluesky) rest of the team for making this book a reality!

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Lauren Klein
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Thrilled to launch DATA BY DESIGN into the world with @shannonmattern.bsky.social at P&T Knitwear in NYC on October 29th! Also feat. @chronictanvi.bsky.social and Silas Munro and maybe even an art show if we can get our acts together!

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Join us on Thursday, October 29 for our New York book launch event at P&T Knitwear Bookstore from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lauren-kle...