Guest editorial: Special issue on information visualisation.

In the current information era, most aspects of life depend on and driven by data, information, knowledge and user experience. The infrastructure of an information-dependent society and drive for new innovation and direction of activities heavily relies on the quality of data, information and analysis of such entities from past to its projected future activities. Information Visualisation, Visual Analytics, Business Intelligence, machine learning and application domains are just a few of the current state of the art developments that effectively enhance understanding of these driving forces.