Notes
At the FT, we published a version of this chord diagram, complete with instructions on how to read it. […] It was a very deliberate attempt to introduce a new form of chart to readers […]
Smith, Alan. How Charts Work (p. 132). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition.
How to construct a chord diagram
- How Charts Work p 126
- Construct its outer segments
- Like Pie chart
- Add more complexity - Sub-divide each outer segments
- Draw a chord
- Add mutual relationship
- width of the chord at each end reflects the property(in the example is ‘size of outgoing’)
- Use colours to add some clarity