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In design school, I was taught very western-centric design theories. This made me think about other design conventions, especially ones that speak to my heritage.
In this article, we detail the thought process behind our latest story about the world’s reliance on Asia’s transition minerals. We go through the reasoning behind how we designed and presented the piece, in a way that would be accessible and educational for the layperson audience.
Krist Wongsuphasawat is currently an Engineering Manager of the Data Experience team at Airbnb. He often publishes data visualisation work…
Kimly Scott is an Australian Tableau data visualization expert and analytics manager. Although her data viz journey started just three…
Lim Chee Aun is a front-end engineer who loves to continuously learn things and build useful applications. He’s particularly famous for…
Diana Yukari is a Brazilian-Japanese information designer. She graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and…
Alexandra Khoo is at her best when she blends strategy, data analysis, creative design, and coding. Starting her career in international…
Nilangika is a data visualization enthusiast from Sri Lanka. She started her career as a researcher at Verité Research, one of Sri Lanka’s…
Andrea Lau is a data visualization specialist; she is the co-founder and one of the directors of Small Multiples, Australia’s leading data…
Hey Arnold, what’s your role at Kontinentalist? I’m a full-stack developer. I’m responsible for maintaining our website and content management products and converting designs — such as web page styling and layout, or stories — into clickable buttons or components. I also help Rifqi, our dev lead, manage our
There are lots of resources out there explaining things like colour theory, but knowing the theory and executing are 2 very different…