Prism My Chart

A slopegraph, for instance, is brilliant for showing the change in rank or value for a number of items between two specific points in time. I started going to art galleries not just to see the art, but to analyze the curation, the way the pieces were arranged to tell a story, the typography on the wall placards, the wayfinding system that guided me through the space. This represents the ultimate evolution of the printable concept: the direct materialization of a digital design. To do this, you can typically select the chart and use a "Move Chart" function to place it on a new, separate sheet within your workbook. For a chair design, for instance: What if we *substitute* the wood with recycled plastic? What if we *combine* it with a bookshelf? How can we *adapt* the design of a bird's nest to its structure? Can we *modify* the scale to make it a giant's chair or a doll's chair? What if we *put it to another use* as a plant stand? What if we *eliminate* the backrest? What if we *reverse* it and hang it from the ceiling? Most of the results will be absurd, but the process forces you to break out of your conventional thinking patterns and can sometimes lead to a genuinely innovative breakthrough. We are also very good at judging length from a common baseline, which is why a bar chart is a workhorse of data visualization.