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Thanks, Mike. This is fantastic. I'm still just learning D3, but this type of content (and Observable in general) has been immensely useful. Where do you get

Thanks, Mike. This is fantastic. I'm still just learning D3, but this type of content (and Observable in general) has been immensely useful. Where do you get ideas for your novel visualizations? Is there academic literature on the psychology of presenting data like this, or are you just dreaming up new things and adding features to D3 so you can do it? How do you recommend making the jump from forking and adapting others' visualizations to writing entirely new things from scratch?

mbostock 7y ago
There are decades of academic literature on visualization and perception: IEEE VIS (and InfoVis specifically), IEEE TVCG (Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics), ACM SIGCHI, and lots more. If you’re interested in learning about visualization I recommend starting with Tamara Munzner’s book, Visualization Analysis & Design: https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/ https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/