Data Visualization for Design Thinking : Applied Mapping

"Data Visualization for Design Thinking helps you make better maps. Treating maps as applied research, you'll be able to understand how to map sites, places, ideas, and projects, revealing the complex relationships between what you represent, your thinking, the technology you use, the culture you belong to, and your aesthetic practices. More than 100 examples illustrated with over 200 color images show you how to visualize data through mapping. Includes five in-depth cases studies and numerous examples throughout."--Provided by publisher "Data Visualization for Design Thinking helps you make better maps. Treating maps as applied research, you'll be able to understand how to map sites, places, ideas, and projects, revealing the complex relationships between what you represent, your thinking, the technology you use, the culture you belong to, and your aesthetic practices. More than 100 examples illustrated with over 200 color images show you how to visualize data through mapping. Includes five in-depth cases studies and numerous examples throughout."--pub. desc Data Visualization for Design Thinking helps designers make better maps. Treating maps as applied research, you will be able to understand how to map sites, places, ideas, and projects, revealing the complex relationships between representation, thinking, technology, culture, and aesthetic practices. More than 100 examples illustrated with over 200 color images show you how to visualize data through mapping. Includes five in-depth case studies and numerous examples throughout Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Figure Credits Introduction Chapter 1: Maps as Objects of Explanation Chapter 2: Terms of the Map Chapter 3: Maps as Power, Identity and Utopia Chapter 4: Case Studies Further Reading Index Winifred E. Newman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.