Welcome
Welcome to Fiber+Data, a workshop series combining data literacy with crochet. The Fiber+Data series will teach you how to encode data that is meaningful to you into a beautiful, tactile project. We can't wait to help you turn your data into a fiber creation.This guide provides supplemental materials for support and inspiration.
Help sessions are available on February 28, March 21, April 4, and April 18 at 2:30 pm in Firestone, B-6-H.
Please also see Data Driven Creativity: Making Data Physicalizations
Data Visualization Vs. Data Physicalization
| Data Physicalization - Design elements* | Data Visualization - Principles* |
|---|---|
| Design purpose | Diagram first |
| Design metaphor (Abstract, literal, associative) | Use an Effective Geometry and Show Data |
| Form (geometric, organic, hybrid) | Colors Always Mean Something |
| Scale | Include Uncertainty |
| Material | Panel, when Possible (Small Multiples, ie repeat a figure to highlight differences) |
| Data encoding ( Geometry & Material) | Data and Models are Different things |
| Additional senses | Simple Visuals, Detailed Captions |
| Interaction | Get an Opinion |
| *Dumičić, Žarko, Katja Thoring, Hermann Klöckner, and Gesche Joost. “Design Elements in Data Physicalization: A Systematic Literature Review.” DRS Biennial Conference Series, June 25, 2022. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2022/researchpapers/234. | *Midway, Stephen R. “Principles of Effective Data Visualization.” Patterns 1, no. 9 (December 11, 2020): 100141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100141. |