%0 Journal Article %A Conference, Transdisciplinary image %A Bach, Benjamin %A Ren, Qiuyuan %A Perin, Charles %A Dragicevic, Pierre %D 2018 %T A Review of the Usage and Design of Curves in Information Visualization %U https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/A_Review_of_the_Usage_and_Design_of_Curves_in_Information_Visualization/6104705 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6104705.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/11133035 %K Information visualization %K geographic visualization %K temporal visualization %K curves %K Art %K Design %X This paper reviews the many ways curves are used to encode data in information visualization. As part of our review, we introduce a curve-based visualization framework where data can be encoded in two major ways: i) through a curve’s shape (a process we call embedding) and ii) through a curve’s local visual attributes (a process we call enrichment). Our framework helps describing and organizing the rich design space of curve-based data visualizations, and offer inspiration for novel data visualizations. %I figshare