Kosara R. An Empire Built On Sand: Reexamining What We Think We Know About Visualization [pdf file]
Data Visualization (definitions)
Data Visualization for Human Perception – Few, Stephen (2014): Data Visualization for Human Perception. In: Soegaard, Mads and Dam, Rikke Friis (eds.). « The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed. ». Aarhus, Denmark: The Interaction Design Foundation.
William S Cleveland and Robert McGill. Graphical Perception: Theory, Experimentation, and Application to the Development of Graphical Methods. Journal of the American Statistical Association. Vol 79 No 387, (Sept 1984), 531-554 Available online.
Four Pillars of Data Visualization (Video and Short Deck [pdf]). Noah Iliinsky @noahi OCLC Symposium at ACRL 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Zen of Visual Analysis (Video) by Stolte C. – Cycle of visual analysis: the iterative process of asking questions, creating information views, discovering new hypothesis, and foraging for data.
How to Improve Your Graphs and Tables (+Video) – Maarten Boers, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, shares the principles of good table design.
DATA + DESIGN – [ebook] A simple introduction to preparing and visualizing information. By Trina Chiasson, Dyanna Gregor, and collaborators | InfoActive
Brewer Palettes – Martin Krzywinski (Brewer palettes are color combinations selected for their special properties for use in data visualization and information design)
Color Schemer Online v2 – Great for creating color palettes and then ‘export to text’ allows you to quickly copy/paste the HEX values to your Preference file.
Tools and resources for working with colors – A collection of useful tools, resources and references for making the pain of working with colour on your visualisation project by Andy Kirk, at Visualising Data
Designing Colors for Data (slides), by Maureen Stone, at the International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging, Banff, AB, Canada, June 22, 2007
Color Hex Color Codes – Color-hex gives information about colors including color models (RGB,HSL,HSV and CMYK), Triadic colors, monochromatic colors and analogous colors calculated in color page. Useful tool for selecting color palettes for a visualization.
The Noun Project – Icons and symbols to communicate words in a visual language. Impresive collection of well designed icons.
FlatIcon – A lot of free icons. Multiple formats & sizes.
BrainyIcons – Brainy Icons Free is a set of 36 hand-drawn free education icons. The icons are available as AI, EPS, PSD and PNG (in 4 sizes: 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128) and released under the Creative Commons Attribution license.