Explore Explain

S6E4 - Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic & Mike Cisneros

Welcome to episode 4 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. I am delighted to welcome Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic [https://www.linkedin.com/in/colenussbaumer/], Founder & CEO of Storytelling With Data [https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/], and Mike Cisneros [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevizneros/], a Data Storyteller and colleague of Cole's. In this episode we explore the story behind their new book, also co-authored with Alex Velez [https://www.linkedin.com/in/velezalexandra/], titled 'Before & After [https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books]', showcasing 20 case studies of data visualisation makeover designs. As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPsLvCpZYwvSurkb1DLLZg].

S6E3 - Liuhuaying Yang

Welcome to episode 3 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. In this latest episode, I am delighted to welcome Liuhuaying Yang [https://www.linkedin.com/in/liuhuaying-yang/], a Data Visualisation Designer who works at the Complexity Science Hub [https://csh.ac.at/] Research Center in Vienna, Austria. We explore the story behind Liuhuaying's unique data visualisation 'Not My Name [https://vis.csh.ac.at/notmyname/]', which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names into Pinyin. As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

S6E2 - Dr Anna Lombardi

Welcome to episode 2 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. In this latest episode, I am delighted to welcome Dr Anna Lombardi [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anlombardi/], Climate Data Visualiser for Copernicus ECMWF [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6igyllqug5tvklzsh4mookla], who is based in the UK. We explore the story behind Anna's extensive data visualisation and design contributions to the 'The European State of the Climate 2024 [https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024]', which offers a detailed overview of climate conditions in Europe and the Arctic region in 2024, based on the close collaboration of 100 scientists and experts across the world. As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

S6E1 - SPECIAL GUEST PANEL - Data Viz Freelancing

Welcome to episode 1 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. This episode is taken from a recorded webinar held on 27th January 2025 titled ‘Data Viz Freelancing’ and featuring a panel of guests including: * Julie Brunet [https://www.behance.net/datacitron] - Data Designer and Creative Director for Nightingale Magazine * Tiziana Alocci [https://www.instagram.com/tiz.alocci/] - Data Artist, Lecturer * Obinna Iwuji [https://www.linkedin.com/in/obinnaiwuji] - Content and Business Development Manager * Anne-Marie Dufour [https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemariedufour/] - Data Visualization Designer & Developer * Vivian Andreozzi [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivizzi/] - Information Designer and Data Analyst Steven Nijman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-nijman/], Data Journalist and Storytelling Specialist, was unfortunately unable to join due to illness. With contributions from the audience we explore the pleasures and pitfalls of working professionally as a freelancer in the data visualisation field. The panellists offer valuable insight about their experiences, motivations, and advice about ways of working, with plenty of tips and tactics along the way. Non-freelancers are always quite intrigued by what freelancers do and, similarly, freelancers are always intrigued by what other freelancers do. In this conversation we try to satisfy both dimensions of interest! As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPsLvCpZYwvSurkb1DLLZg].

S5E9 - Alan Smith

Welcome to episode 9 of season 5 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. In this latest episode, I am delighted to welcome Alan Smith [https://bsky.app/profile/theboysmithy.bsky.social], Head of Visual and Data Journalism at the Financial Times in London. We explore the story behind a unique project Alan worked on titled the 'FT Money Machine [https://www.ft.com/content/5a1bf01d-3c34-4ceb-9eb7-a3d75cb15bf9]': faithfully recreating an analogue computer - built in 1949 by Bill Phillips designed to model the flow of an Economy using water and pumps - but translating it to be experienced in VR, with the FT's first application built for the Apple Vision Pro. As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPsLvCpZYwvSurkb1DLLZg].