Project Overview
My role: Designer
Team: Individual Project
Timeline: 3 weeks
Challenge
Design an interactive data visualization of the National Gallery of Australia's (NGA) jewellery collection using their API, with the goal of showcasing relationships between different pieces and making the data more accessible and engaging for users.
Final Design
Learnings
Key takeaways
Interactivity drives engagement. Interactive elements like hover effects and tooltips transformed raw data into an engaging user experience. This proved essential for keeping users interested and helping them discover meaningful connections within the collection.
Balance is crucial. Finding the sweet spot between visual complexity and clarity was a constant challenge. The final design needed to present rich information while remaining intuitive and accessible to users.
Data preparation matters. Thorough data cleaning and preparation laid the foundation for a successful visualization. Without this critical first step, the final product would not have been able to effectively communicate the relationships within the collection.