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When does drawing become design? When does design become a story?

Press enter or click to view image in full size Sketching with data: a shortcut from your head to the final data-composition 6 min read Feb 10, 2016 -- When does drawing become design? When does design become a story? (An edited version of this article appeared on the Data Points blog, National Geographic on July 2014) The visual representation of information plays an increasingly critical role in every situation where data and quantitative information need to be translated into more digestible stories, both for the general public and for professionals who need to make sense out of…

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