Our latest paper on the restoration of daguerreotypes using laser and atmospheric non-thermal plasma methods is now available. Have a look at the link below

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #Onthisday #OTD 📊 🎂May 23, 1667 Jacob Cristoph Le Blon born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 🇩🇪 In 1710 he invented three color printing using an RYB or RYG color model which later morphed into the modern CMYK system, better for printing.

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #Onthisday #OTD 📊 🎂Apr 19, 1801 Gustav Theodor Fechner born in Groß Särchen, Germany 🇩🇪 Oct 22, 1850: Fechner's Law: the subjective sensation is proportional to the log of stimulus intensity -- used as an early idea for accuracy of graphic elements -- length, angle, area,..

Want to know how I made the Arctic sea ice animation? You can now the read the ‘How we made it’ section of our Climate Graphic: Explained newsletter on FT.com www.ft.com/content/6d26... #dataviz

I updated this chart, which I made a few years ago. I like the clustering and how the tails help tell a story. This is a particularly useful application of connected scatterplots. Not sure if two juxtaposed line charts would communicate better. #30dayChartChallenge.

We use this prism in our workshops to help create an impactful, communicable, beautiful #infographic Learn more in our forthcoming seminars: 2 x virtual half days: 24th & 25th Jun 🇬🇧 UK/EU/AUS 17th & 18th Jul 🇺🇸 USA bit.ly/IIBWAB #iibwab Reviews: geni.us/WABreviews

Our recently published paper focuses on the stratigraphic structure and chemical composition of historical photographic negatives. We used linear and nonlinear techniques to investigate the gelatin-base emulsion layers over glass supports. Have a look here 👇🏾

Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.

A data descriptor in Scientific Data presents Style Aligned Artwork Datasets (SALAD), and an example of fruit-SALAD with 10,000 images of fruit depictions, which provides a benchmark dataset for computer vision. https://go.nature.com/4ba23L0 🧪

"You want to stop, but the amount of time and energy you’ve put into this makes it hard to quit."

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#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊 🎂Feb 17, 1723 Johanes Tobias Mayer born in Marbach, Germany 🇩🇪 In 1758, Mayer developed a system of constructing and naming many of the possible colors, extending the idea of a theory of colors. His diagrams reflected the idea of color blending of three primaries

I'm agonizing over an essay I'm writing about storyFINDING vs. StoryTELLING vs StorySPINNING. I'm in the "it's easier to research than to write" phase. I came across this terrific post (and viewpoint) from @visualisingdata.com. See visualisingdata.com/2015/02/visu...

Very interesting paper: "A Grammar of Hypotheses for Visualization, Data, and Analysis", by Remco Chang's group arxiv.org/abs/2204.14267 This will definitely go into my #dataviz course, and can anchor several of the discussions we have with collaborators.

I'm starting off a series of posts aimed at helping Tableau beginners understand some of Tableau's weirder behaviors. Number 1 in the series is the problem of a single-dot scatterplot! What common stumbling block do you think I should cover next? #tableau #dataviz annpregler.com/2025/01/13/w...