Makeover Monday week 35, 2018: Wearable Technology

Thanks Andy for making it easy for us this week with a simple bar chart to make over, looking at wearable technology and which body part we attach devices to.Here is the original:

What works well:

• Sorted in descending order from most common to least common location
• Simple bar chart, with basic labels and large numbers. Don't really need much more
• Title is short and self-explanatory
• Data source and creator are included

What could be improved:

• Why pink? Nothing in the article or on the website makes me understand this color choice and it seems unnecessarily bright. Something a bit toned down could work better
• The pink label 'Wearables' on top of the bars seems superfluous
• The small dashes between the location labels and the bars are unnecessary

What I did:

• A viz in a single sheet, comparing wearables for your wrist to those for other parts of the body
• A small viz that focused on the essentials
• A new style for my footer