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Information design resources

Here you’ll find a curated collection of tools, templates, articles, and ideas to help you design and communicate information with clarity. Whether you’re working on a data-heavy report, an engaging infographic, or an interactive chart, these resources are here to guide, inspire, and save you time.

I’ve gathered what I use in my own projects, alongside practical tips and examples you can adapt to your own work. Browse around, take what’s useful, and feel free to share with others who value thoughtful, well-crafted information design.

Finding useful datasets

Looking for reliable, well-structured datasets to jump-start your next data visualization project? Here are some of my favorite starting points:

Looking for more? Read our blogpost: Small datasets to practice your data visualization skills

Inspiration for data visualization

Digital tools to create infographics and data visuals

Inkscape tutorials

Learning how to create and edit vector images (rather than bitmap images) is one of the key steps in unlocking your full information design power. Inkscape is a powerful free tool to help you do just that. I personally found the following tutorials very useful, not too long, and to-the-point:

Illustrations and icons

Colours

It is undeniable that Lisa Charlotte Muth (Head of Communications at Datawrapper) is the ultimate expert when it comes to color use in data visualization. The list of articles about color on the Datawrapper blog is the best source you’ll ever find on the topic. In particular, the following articles are very worthwhile:

If you’re looking for tools and inspirational places that can help you create color combinations for your visuals, here are some of my favorites:

Typography

Creating graphs

Creating maps

Creating tables

Ethics in data visualization

Books about infographics and data visualization

Here are some of the books that were foundational for my own career path in data visualization and information design:

  • Data visualisation, Andy Kirk
  • Dear Data, Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec
  • Information graphics, Taschen
  • Infographic designers’ sketchbooks, Steven Heller & Rick Landers
  • Storytelling with data, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
  • The visual display of quantitative information, Edward Tufte
  • Trees, maps and theorems, Jean-Luc Doumont
  • Visual journalism, Gestalten
  • Visual thinking, Willemien Brand

If you’re looking for more, make sure to check our complete list of data visualization books!

People on social media talking about data

Videos about data visualization

Dataviz blogs and online magazines

Dataviz podcasts

These are some of my personal favorites. Looking for more? We have a complete list of podcasts on data visualization and information design!

Books on a bookshelf - infographics resources

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Gridlines are better than axes

Almost always, gridlines are better than axes. Vertical axes are the default option, and they have been around for centuries, so they are very well known. But they also have downsides. My biggest problem with vertical axes is that they’re often so far away from where the action is really happening.

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24 September 2025

Review: A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication

Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer clearly love graphs. But A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication isn’t just about graphs — it’s about the stories behind them: the context, the people, the new measurements that made them necessary, and the discoveries they enabled.

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18 September 2025

Report visuals don’t have to suck

Discover how CREG, Belgium’s electricity regulator, turns complex data into clear and engaging visuals. From smart annotations to small multiples and uncommon chart types, their Monitoring Report shows how thoughtful data visualization makes technical reports easier to read and understand.

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1 September 2025

Data visualization podcasts 2025

At Baryon, we’re huge fans of podcasts! Data visualization podcasts are a great way to stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques in data visualization.

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12 August 2025

Tell me why… I don’t like dashboards

I don't like dashboards. Well, most dashboards at least. They're just trying too hard... to do everything, everywhere, all at once. Why is that? And is there a better solution?

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3 September 2024

Why I love matrix charts

This one is definitely in my top 5 of favourite chart types: a matrix chart! Super flexible, can provide some great insights into the data, and it will fit well into your beautiful report design.

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2 September 2024

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