Tag Archives: accessibility

Making Better Figures [Video]

March 30, 2015 · by · in accessibility, Animation, Chart, Colour, colour blindness, Maps, palettes, Presentation, Projection, Timeseries, Video · 1 Comment

Better Figures made a video! https://vimeo.com/123037693 The video offers some tips for making better figures. We cover: A brief history of statistical graphics [02:20] Everybody loves a bad figure [08:10] Some principles [11:35] Making better timeseries (applying those principles) [13:13] Projection distortion [18:00] Better Palettes [18:46] We need to talk about “Rainbow” [23:30] Design, and […]

End of the rainbow

November 18, 2014 · by · in accessibility, Chart, Colour, colour blindness, palettes · 7 Comments

Note: Better Figures is proud to support Ed Hawkins at Climate Lab Book, in calling for an end to the “Rainbow” palette. The text of an open letter to the climate science community, led by Ed, is reproduced below. An open letter to the climate science community Ed Hawkins, Doug McNeall, David Stephenson, Jonny Williams […]