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William Playfair?. Prise de la Bastille ,1789 Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel. REVOLUTION. William Playfair (1759-1823). William Playfair (1759-1823). Koenig’s steam press, 1814. William Playfair (1759-1823).
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William Playfair? Prise de la Bastille,1789 Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel REVOLUTION
Koenig’s steam press, 1814 William Playfair (1759-1823) In the late 18th/early 19th Century, innovations in publishing created a revolution in communication that encouraged mass participation, challenges to traditional ideas of government and led to fundamental and permanent changes in the relationship between citizen and state Sound familiar? PAPER was the HTML of its day printing presses were the broadband pamphleteers were bloggers and citizen journalists
PLAYFAIR’S INSPIRATIONS Euclid Descartes Priestley BUT Not a 1-to-1 correspondence between Euclidean space and perceptual space (Gibson, 1966) Emphasis on static paper
Horizon Shape Colour Everything BUT colour CONTEXTUAL CRIMES
CHANGING MEDIA (PAPER)STATIC IMAGES moving images (cinematography) interactivity goal-directed behaviour FULLY INTERACTIVE
CHANGE BLINDNESS SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
CHANGE BLINDNESS SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
MOVEMENT UK CENSUS COMMUTING DATA
DOESN’T THIS ALL THIS TAKE TOO MUCH TIME? Well, it should take SOME time, because it’s IMPORTANT DON’T shortcut the DESIGN process Instead, look for EFFICIENCY in PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY An aspiration for ALL organisations Convergence in favour of SDMX(ML) for statistical data representation and exchange But this is not enough. We need a globally consistent application programming interface (API) – which can return LIGHTWEIGHT data where required Good (international) work started @ONS – JOIN US!
alan.smith@ons.gsi.gov.uk DATA VISUALISATION CENTRE data presentation STANDARDS ADVICE and TRAINING, assessment of tools, formats and production techniques research, design and production of INNOVATIVE data presentation techniques