Category Archives: 3D visualization

Texture and Pattern in Data Visualization

Posted on September 6, 2025 by richardbrath

The use of pattern in data visualization is under explored. A recent preprint by He et al. presents a design system based on lattices, glyphs and visual attributes. An incredibly wide range of patterns are possible, such as examples of radial patterns, non-linear lattices, and text-based patterns.
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What Brutalism can teach us about Software Design

Posted on February 2, 2025 by richardbrath

A new show about Paul Rudolph at the Met shows how brutalist architecture can be both pretty and pretty frustrating. So can software. I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of brutalism and how we see those in software and AI as well. Continue reading →

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Adding 3D to 2D charts with more data (and AI?)

Posted on December 27, 2024 by richardbrath

Effective 3D data visualizations can be created by extending well known 2D charts into 3D with added data. And, AI tools are at the cusp of creating effective 3D data visualizations. Continue reading →

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