Intricate & Visually Exciting: An Interview with Nadieh Bremer
A look into her recent projects and design process
Nadieh Bremer is an award-winning data visualization designer and artist, from a small town near Amsterdam. Nadieh’s projects demonstrate the beauty, fun, and excitement of working in dataviz. A few weeks ago, Nadieh shared with us a behind-the-scenes of her latest work as well as some of her best practices and inspirations. NB is Nadieh Bremer, NR is Noëlle Rakotondravony (DVS), JF is Jason Forrest (DVS)
JF: Why don’t we get started with a quick introduction for our readers.
NB: I’m Nadieh; I graduated in Astronomy, then became a data scientist. When I was doing analytics and machine learning, I figured out that I really like data visualization. So I jumped in, trying to learn as much about dataviz as possible, reading books, learning D3.js, and best practices by making lots of personal projects.
I started out as a data scientist at Deloitte, but after about 4 years I switched to Adyen, where I was mostly designing and creating d3-based dashboards. But that wasn’t quite the dataviz I like, so I became a freelancer to focus a lot more on the creative side of dataviz.
NR: As a dataviz freelancer, what has been the coolest thing you experienced? What was…
