Unlock your data’s potential with our new Data Visualisation Guide
In the digital era, data visualisation plays a vital role. Making data
easier to understand for the human brain, visualisation helps pull
insights and convey complex messages. It can be important in almost
any profession and context; from marketing analytics, through
policymaking to climate research. Yet there are not many
comprehensive, free resources to learn how to make impactful data
visualisations. 

That’s why we created the interactive Data Visualisation Guide
[https://data.europa.eu/apps/data-visualisation-guide/]. Made up of
seven chapters, it covers a variety of topics related to data
visualisation, such as design principles, storytelling, chart types
and accessibility. 

Freely available, the guide is suitable for beginners as well as
experienced data visualisation creators. The chapters are ordered in
growing complexity, but they are independent learning resources. You
can pick and choose the topics of interest, instead of following the
guide chapter by chapter. Plus, you can easily navigate the guide by
using the numerous links within the chapters.  

The guide uses a mix of media, making it engaging and easy to follow.
It provides real world examples of data visualisations in the form of
images, as well as interactive charts, videos and other interactive
features. 

The content of the guide is based on a data visualisation training
programme for EU institutions and agencies' staff, organised in 2019
and 2022. It has been enriched with academic insights and references
on data visualisation. The guide was created by the Publications
Office of the European Union in collaboration with data visualisation
expert Maarten Lambrechts. 

If you use the guide, we would love to hear your feedback. Send us an
email [https://data.europa.eu/en/contact-us] to share your comments or
suggestions.

Looking for more resources on data visualisation? Discover our
data.europa academy courses ‘Introducing data visualisation’
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/introducing-data-visualisation] and
‘Inspiring through data visualisation’
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/inspiring-through-data-visualisation].

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Publication Date/Time
2023-10-05T07:00:00+00:00
Free online resource to master data visualisation