Making Stuff Work

Semester 1 2023/24
Visualisations – do they work?
Critique of professional visualisations
If you can on your device, please open up the
PDFs about posted in this week’s Moodle and
also this slide show whch is also as a PDF
Consider some of the visualisations for
contrast, understandability and completeness
HS2 – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/29/600m-of-
public-money-spent-buying-up-property-in-north-of-england-for-
hs2
HS2 – BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-66928372
HS2 – hs2.org.uk
https://www.hs2.org.uk/what-is-hs2/hs2-funding/
HS2 – hs2.org.uk
https://www.hs2.org.uk/what-is-hs2/hs2-funding/
DFT – Spending

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22277/documents/164883/default/
DFT – Spending
DEL - Departmental
Expenditure Limit
AME - Annually
Managed Expenditure

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22277/documents/164883/default/
Premier League – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/football/
premierleague/table
Formula 1
Steel
Copper
Brent Crude
Gold
Scale – x and y not the same
Climate – The Guardian

https://
www.theguardian.com/
environment/ng-
interactive/2023/sep/29/
the-hottest-summer-in-
human-history-a-visual-
Climate – The Guardian

https://
www.theguardian.com/
environment/ng-
interactive/2023/sep/29/
the-hottest-summer-in-
human-history-a-visual-
Climate – The Guardian

https://
www.theguardian.com/
environment/ng-
interactive/2023/sep/29/
the-hottest-summer-in-
human-history-a-visual-
Climate – The Guardian

https://
www.theguardian.com/
environment/ng-
interactive/2023/sep/29/
the-hottest-summer-in-
human-history-a-visual-
Climate – The Guardian and CET

https://www.theguardian.com/
environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/29/
the-hottest-summer-in-human-history-a-
visual-timeline
Covid – The Charts
Under Development
Invites Critique
What makes some of these charts less
understandable?
Are there inconsistencies?
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2023-to-2024-season
Covid – Report page 13
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Covid – Charts Page 5
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Visualisations – how do they work?
They give you information
They compare information
Some don’t
Why don’t they?
Or are they for a specialist audience?
Making Stuff Work

Semester 1 2023/24