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Data Driven Creativity: Making Data Physicalizations

Books

Articles

Opportunities and Challenges for Data Physicalization

Yvonne Jansen, Pierre Dragicevic, Petra Isenberg, Jason Alexander, Abhijit Karnik, et al.. Opportunities and Challenges for Data Physicalization. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), ACM, Apr 2015, New York, NY, United States.
10.1145/2702123.2702180. hal-01120152

Webpages and Lists

  • List of physical visualizations and related artefacts - A chronological list of physical visualizations and related artifacts, maintained by Pierre Dragicevic and Yvonne Jansen.
  • Air Transformed - Air Transformed is a series of wearable data objects that communicate this physical burden in different ways. Through seemingly decorative, they are based entirely on open air quality data from Sheffiels, UK, a former steelmaking city and notorous for its bad air.
  • EdiPulse - A novel system that creates activity treats to offer playful reflections on everyday physical activity through the appealing medium of chocolate.
  • Data Physicalization Resources - by UVA Libraries - Scholarship Lab - Includes links to numerous articles and several exciting data physicalization examples.
  • Jen Bervin - Is a visual artist and poet whose work examines the relationship between text and textile.