New book
The Art of Insight:
How Great Visualization Designers Think
Data visualization books don't typically transport you to new worlds. Alberto Cairo's The Art of Insight delves into the lives of numerous designers and what has shaped them. Each chapter showcases stunning examples, but also life stories and the motivations that informed choices. I laughed, I cried, I cheered, but perhaps most importantly, I caught glimpses of myself and my own story. —Bridget Cogley, co-author of Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization and Chief Visualization Officer at Versalytix.
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ABOUT ALBERTO CAIRO
I’m a visualization designer, art director, consultant, educator, and professor.
I’ve led information design, news graphics, and data visualization teams in Spain, Brazil, and the United States.
I’m the author of several books about infographics and data visualization, such as The Functional Art (2013), The Truthful Art (2016), How Charts Lie (2019), and The Art of Insight (2023).
I’ve taught in more than 30 countries. I’m also a consultant and data visualization instructor who’s worked for organizations and companies such as Google, Microsoft, McMaster-Carr, the European Union, Eurostat, the World Bank, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Army National Guard, and many others.
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HERE’S WHAT SOME ORGANIZATIONS I’VE WORKED WITH SAY ABOUT ME
Alberto Cairo has been a tremendous help. He hosted several on-site seminars teaching the fundamentals of data visualization. Incorporating our own draft work, he helped participants put the seminars in context. Alberto Cairo is both highly effective and passionate about visual design.
Jim Friedland, Director of Marketing at McMaster-Carr
Alberto Cairo is a passionate promoter of effective communication with data visualization. He did a day-long workshop for us that was a huge success for undergraduates, graduate students, faculty members and local public health professionals.
John Bailer, Department of Statistics, Miami University
Alberto, like nobody else, understands and communicates the need to balance functionality with beauty. He is always clear that the right chart can be discovered only by exploration of your data.
Andy Cotgreave, Senior Technical Evangelist for Tableau
Many of us are grateful to Alberto Cairo for inspiring us. I really like his depth and thoroughness, reflected in the insightful explanations he gives when suggesting a certain data visualization approach. Alberto is a pioneer in making it easy on the brain to process complexity.
Marc Reguera, Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Power BI