datavisualization

Visually boring wire frames and charts

I am looking for inspiration to help me break out of my rut of generating wire frames and charts that are functional, but visually boring. Some individuals just have the knack to see and present data that doesn't put you to sleep. Datavisualization Yodas' if you will. Can you recommend some web sites, books or whatever that show examples of information relationships depicted in a visually appealing way. I have completely enjoyed the pattern libraries and I am hoping for the same when it comes to data.

Formatting field labels and field values

Hello All,

I searched through the threads and did not find anything on the topic.

Our application, a web-based CRM, offers a number of reports. When designing
the report, I formatted the reports so that field labels appear smaller and
paler than values. The rationale: focus the attention of people to the data
not to the labels.

Some colleagues of mine strongly oppose this approach and want field labels
to be bold and the same font size as values, claiming that this is a
standard way of doing it.

displaying large amounts of data in the Financial sector

Hello UX experts,

I need some advice in regards on how to display large amounts of

financial information on the screen.

My client is an Insurance Provider. They currently have re-designed an

internal application for their insurance products. As you could

imagine, there is a lot of data to display. Currently they display

the information in a table format (grid format), which extends horizontally and

vertically.

Designing an Analytics UI

I'm about to start designing the UX and UI for the analytics portion of an RIA. (Flex)

Anybody have any links/books they'd like to share discussing the display of data, interactivity, preferred visualizations etc.?

Thanks,

B