# Explaining with interaction

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Some interfaces do not sit in front of an explanation; they are the explanation. This chapter reads three people who work that way: Bartosz Ciechanowski, whose articles open with a machine you can drag; Amelia Wattenberger, who turns data and code into things you can see and steer; and Maggie Appleton, whose digital garden is both an argument about publishing and a catalogue of interface patterns. The figure is the argument.

## 4 sections

1.  [Explorable explanations](https://learn-ui.com/chapters/explaining/explorable-explanations)
2.  [Data into meaning](https://learn-ui.com/chapters/explaining/data-into-meaning)
3.  [Digital gardens and visual essays](https://learn-ui.com/chapters/explaining/digital-gardens)
4.  [Interface patterns worth knowing](https://learn-ui.com/chapters/explaining/interface-patterns)