As you might remember from my last blog, I’m currently travelling and hadn’t intended to post much on here along the way – but there’s just so much in the way of colourful geometric patterns here that I couldn’t resist! I’m in Cusco, typically known as the gateway to Machu Picchu – but also home itself to a lot of Incan history and temples. And their civilisation (like me!) seems to have loved geometric designs EVERYWHERE…
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Patterns & Beauty in Travel
This month one of my favourite topics – travel! Topical too, because I’m just about to set off on a year of remote-working and volunteering abroad myself đ Continue reading “Patterns & Beauty in Travel”
Issue 8 of the Barometer out now
The Laxfield UK CRE Debt Barometer had its 8th Issue published today. Selected visualisations from my work featured in the report below:
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Media visualisations
In my most recent project role, I’ve been working on some visualisations to better describe a media platform’s audience characteristics, amongst other things. Here are some of my favourites (of those that used publicly-available data đ ).
Beauty in maps
I recently found out that visualisation originated from maps – I always knew there was a reason I enjoyed Geography A-level đ I remember spending hours poring over maps when I was younger too. Visualisation does not just have its historical roots in maps however – given the various parallels below, the link from maps to visualisation makes a lot of sense.
A trip to Cuba: emissions focus
On a recent trip to Cuba, we enjoyed a very laidback lifestyle and many expeditions. But afterwards with my data head back on, it also struck me that with so many amazing classic cars around…
GBâs Olympic formula: is medal success the ârightâ goal for UK Sport investment?
Rio 2016 has seen Britainâs best medal haul in over a century: second in the world with 67 medals. Whilst the more cynical might attribute some of its success to the decline of other nations, it is generally acknowledged that UK Sportâs system of investment lies behind GBâs success. But is the magnificent medal haul the intended aim of these public funds? Currently sports such as basketball (one of the most popular sports amongst young people in the UK) receive no funding, whilst high-performing sports continue on a self-perpetuating virtuous cycle of more funding and even better performance.
Visualisation in Business – Part 1
So far most of my blogs have been on âjust for funâ applications, largely because I canât go into specifics on business applications due to their confidentiality. But itâs the business world thatâs really driving acceleration in the field, so I will try to redress the balance here in describing (in suitably broad terms) how visualisation is helping businesses make better decisions. This is the first in a 3-part special to illustrate the topic: Part 1 “What is visualisation?”; Part 2 “How is visualisation used in real life to improve business decisions?”; and Part 3 “What new types of chart are there to tell my data’s story?”
Brexit issue of the Barometer: in the FT again today!
The Laxfield UK CRE Debt Barometer, with analytics by Elizabeth Martin, was featured in the FT again today. Selected visualisations from the report below!
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London transport’s overcrowding: what’s causing it & can we solve it with data?
As featured in CapGemini Business Analytics Blog
Londonâs transport overcrowding has become so pervasive that it has been cited as Londonâs #2 biggest issue – after the housing crisis, of course, but the two are heavily inter-related. It factored into every mayoral candidateâs manifesto in a big way, and impacts on each of us who calls this sprawling city home or travels through it.
In this article, I look into how bad the issue has become, assess some of its causes, and finally outline some ideas about what can be done to resolve it for the future.
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