Having been in a PhD program called “Human-Centered Computing” and working on visualization for more than 4 years now, I find myself keep stumbling across the question of what is human-centered design. Is it about understanding the users? Is it about designing simple, intuitive interfaces? Is it about empowering and supporting users’ needs? All these [...]
All visualizations are actually cultural artifacts. Saying that a scatter plot or a Treemap is cultural however is not particularly meaningful or resonating to members within the western culture. Our thoughts are so significantly influenced and structured by the culture we are immersed in, that culture is transparent and sometimes trivial to us. Cultural aspects [...]