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  Dark Side ____________________________________________________________________________________ Inspired by the questions Elisa Devis asked on Twitter a few days ago (I am honored by her words) to me and Luke Abraham, I decided to write this post. I hope you find it interesting and not very convoluted, I'm terrible at explaining my processes in words! Dark Vs.Light Granted that 90% of the time I start a Viz in dark mode, sometimes I try to change games and initially I try in light mode. Irene Diomi knows something about it, in our collaboration project I will have shared dozens of light Viz with him but in the end I always opted for the dark mode. Looking at my profile, the non-dark view that gave me the most satisfaction is this . https://tabsoft.co/3tk8Fl9 Here are two of my Viz that were originally born with a light background but eventually became a dark background. The first concerns the Diversity project on. The dataset is composed of the classification of the mice 100 billi

  I made this Viz for the #DiversityinData community project. Using the top 100 billionaire dataset. Idea and design I decided to focus on gender diversity. The message I wanted to convey was "the gap between women and men". The message has to be clear, simple and legible at first sight. okay well, what do I do then? My first idea was: a simple graphic and color, they have to convey everything in one go! I immediately thought of a waffle chart, I love these types of charts, they are simple and insightful. Having a top 100 I decided not to use the classic "waffle chart" construction technique. I played around with the size of the squares and the chart a bit to bring out a waffle . And this is what Defoult looked like. Well I had the chart now it was up to the colors  I entered my classic black background first (most of my Vizzes are born like this). I tried various color combinations, avoiding the classic pink and blue combinations. I was going to give up and tear of