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Understanding how Designers Find and Use Data Visualization Examples
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
|September 26, 2022
Summary
Visualization designers frequently use examples for inspiration and implementation. This study explores how they search for and use examples, identifying challenges and opportunities for better design tools.
Area of Science:
- Information Visualization
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Design Studies
Background:
- Examples are crucial for inspiring and implementing visualization designs.
- Current understanding of how designers use examples and the role of computational tools is limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore current practices in incorporating visualization examples into the design process.
- To identify strategies, tools, and challenges faced by designers when searching for and utilizing examples.
- To inform the development of improved visualization design and authoring tools.
Main Methods:
- Conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 participants (15 university students, 15 professional designers).
- Analyzed interview data focusing on example searching and utilization activities.
- Characterized observed strategies, tools, challenges, and cross-cutting themes.
Main Results:
- Identified diverse strategies and tools used for searching and utilizing visualization examples.
- Highlighted significant challenges hindering designers' workflows, including criteria for usefulness, curation, and design fixation.
- Characterized common themes across example searching and utilization activities.
Conclusions:
- Findings provide insights into the practical use of examples in visualization design.
- Implications for the design of more effective visualization design and authoring tools are discussed.
- Identified critical areas for future research in supporting visualization design practices.
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