“I never would have guessed that such semi-philosophical abstractions would enter my design process for data visualizations, but I will welcome them anytime they feel like showing up again in the future. It was fun to think about Kandinsky’s Bauhaus ideal of the role of the circle, triangle, and square as part of a reductive universal visual script. It was also nice to get lost in the timelines as little landscapes painted with game data, with green trees, blue hills, and red suns. It definitely had me craving some Super Mario Bros action.” Interview with Visualising Data.
