The humble pie chart: part2
The principles and guidelines from part1 showed what data best suited a pie chart, solutions for labelling and using colour….
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A blog on pie charts? surely everyone knows how to use them. Just googling “pie charts” and hitting the “images tab” in a browser gives us a fair indication… people in general don’t, and the results are worryingly bad.
Read moreA year in the life of Digital Publishing
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Well then. As is only right and normal at the end of a year, it is time to look back at a year in the life of Digital Publishing. It has been a big year for us here in ONS. We launched our new site in February. We also saw a bunch of people move on to new projects and recruited some very talented people to help us ensure we continue to improve everything we do.
Read moreGraphical Web 2016
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Graphical Web 2016, a festival of graphics, data and general geekery hosted…
Read moreThe ONS Design Community of Practice
The following blog post is written by Rhodri Griffith, Creative Design Lead. Do it like a designer Late last year…
Read moreShould tables be off the table?
We’re in an art gallery…… but there are no paintings on the walls. The paintings are just described to us….
Read moreMarriages – when two become one
We’ve published 2 new pieces on Visual.ONS today that push our beta site into new storytelling and data visualisation territory….
Read moreIn a relationship – it’s complicated
A strategy for choosing the right chart. So far we’ve covered a lot of charting tips about using your axes…
Read moreDoes the axis have to start at zero? (Part 2 – bar charts)
I recently wrote a blog post about axes on line charts starting at non-zero values. However, bar charts are a…
Read moreDoes the axis have to start at zero? (Part 1 – line charts)
At the risk of ruffling a few data vis feathers … no? But there are often occasions when it should….
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