09 Dec 2011 Opinions Book, Review

Here's how a rookie experienced his first introduction to visualization from Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky's new book Designing Data Visualizations. What he learned and how this helps him to move forward. Read more
27 Jan 2011 Notes Book

From Manuel Lima, founder and editor of Visual Complexity comes a new book about mapping patterns of information. The Visual Complexity Book is promised to be far more than a showcase of projects from the VC Website. Read more
06 Oct 2010 Opinions Book, Processing, Review

In a friendly and informal style, Andrew Glassner lets the reader peek over his shoulder to learn how to program from the ground up to create expressive images and interactive art. Read more
19 Apr 2010 Notes Book

FORM+CODE is a new book about computational aesthetics to be published by in fall 2010. It is written by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams and LUST and the list of featured artists reads like the who-is-who of the generative design community. Read more
03 Feb 2010 Showcases Book

We've previously spoken about Data Flow, a collection of inspirational data visualizations packed in a beautifully crafted book from Die Gestalten Verlag. Now, Die Gestalten are ready to publish the second edition Data Flow 2 in February 2010. Here's what you can expect. Read more
10 May 2009 Showcases Book, Theory

"Beautiful Data – The Story Behind Beautiful data Solutions" is a new Book by the O'Reilly Media. It's written by Toby Segaran & Jeff Hammerbacher but there are 39 contributory explaining their approaches and methods when working with data. Read more
18 Feb 2009 Showcases Book, Resource

The Website for the book "Interactive Graphics for Data Analysis – Principles and Examples" contains a lot of useful resources in addition to the content of the book. There's a software list, a set of slides for a lecture on the book and some example datasets used in the book. Read more