Andy Kirk

Explore Explain

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Explore Explain is a long-form podcast and video series hosted by Andy Kirk and launched early 2020. It goes deep behind the scenes of data visualisation projects. Each episode is structured around a conversation with visualisation designers, developers, or data journalists to explore the design story behind a single visualisation or a related major project. Guests explain the thought-process behind and share insights about the myriad little decisions that underpin the finished works they produce. Audiences will gain an appreciation of the what , the why and the how , learning about the hidden...

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Andy Kirk

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S1E3 - John Burn-Murdoch 12.05.2020 1:32:00

Welcome to episode 3 of season 1 of Explore Explain, a video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. In this episode I am delighted to welcome John Burn-Murdoch to share the design story behind his work on the visualisations for the Financial Times' evolving " Coronavirus Tracked " page, which was first released in February 2020. This episode was recorded on 27th March and so refer...

S1E2 - Dr Cath Sleeman 05.05.2020 1:09:33

Welcome to episode 2 of season 1 of Explore Explain, a video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. In this episode I am delighted to welcome Dr Cath Sleeman to share the design story behind her visualisation ' Making sense of skills: A UK skills taxonomy ', which was published on the Nesta website in 2018. As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this convers...

S1E1 - Maarten Lambrechts 25.04.2020 41:57

Welcome to episode 1 of season 1 of Explore Explain, a video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. In this launch episode I am delighted to welcome Maarten Lambrechts to share the design story behind his visualisation ' Why Budapest, Warsaw, and Lithuania split themselves in two ', which was published on The Pudding in 2019. As well as listening to this show, you can watch the vi...