Data Visualization Infographics v.s. Products

I was fortunate to participate in a panel discussion concerning data science hosted by Toptal. As a designer, my contribution was to share examples on how data presentations can mislead one when presented as real facts, and how data visualization products require high sets of personalization. When data is used for presentations, designers and/or data scientists have to be selective with its range and subject to make their points to the audience, however, the act of extracting also risks adding bias. With that considered, when we provide tools for users to analyze data by…