I'm a visual thinker and have done a lot of thinking on adapting the cognitive/linguistic theory around conversational implicature to visual design with a home brewed concept known as iconic implicature. If any of you are interested, here's an example. Imagine 2 people sitting in a class room:
Person Number 1: Boy it sure is cold in here!
Person Number 2: Action: Gets up and closes the window.
Person number 1 never asked for person number 2 to close the window but implied it by stating it was cold in the room. A simple example of conversational implicature. Iconic implicature is an attempt drive the same types of implied meanings thru superb visual and interface design.
So now that you know the type of nerd I am, I was enthralled by this post by Kate over at Adaptive Path:
I’ll admit to being a total information visualization junkie.
When I’m stuck in a rut, shifting things around unlocks new perspectives. Reframing a problem can fundamentally change how I think about the situation and freshen my eyes to new possibilities. And having a full palette of visualization options is a great way to mix it up and uncover new patterns.
So, when I found the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods, I got all verklempt. It’s a compelling way to preview different visualizations, and the organizing principle of the periodic table allows for a lot of metadata to be embedded in the summary view for quick reference.
Thanks to Ralph Lengler & Martin J. Eppler of visual-literacy.org for this nice gift.
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