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https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Andy-Kirk-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1195&ssl=125601195Elegance is a design concept I have always found hard to define, especially in relation to data visualisation. I know when I see something that is elegant. I also know when this quality is absent. But it is often hard to articulate why. It lacks definition, which makes it hard to control, hard to explain, and hard to pursue.