Posts Tagged ‘data visualization’

A Landscape Generated From Silence

In Articles on 23 November 2009 tagged 3D, art, data visualization, information design, landscapes, processing, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, silence, sketchup, sound, sunflow with 1 comment

So a few weeks ago, before he went surfing in Morocco, m’colleague Alper reported in an elaborate fashion on the project he and I did for the artist Sarah van Sonsbeeck. If you’re into data visualization and information design and you haven’t read it already, I encourage you to do so right now. I thought [...]

Work Now So You Can Play Later

In Articles on 12 August 2009 tagged art, data visualization, design, elsewhere, events, exhibitions, game design, games, Hubbub, interaction design, Leapfrog, opera, pervasive games, play, theatre, This happened – Utrecht, urban games with 3 comments

There’s a lot going on at the Leapfrog studio, which explains at least in part why things have gone quiet around here. However, I wanted to take the time to alert you to some upcoming events that might be of interest. An urban game in the Rotterdam city center On Sunday September 27 around 50 [...]

Download My Travel-Time Map

In Articles on 12 September 2008 tagged data, data visualization, dataviz, downloads, information visualization, infoviz, maps, Netherlands, processing, programming, transport, travel time with 8 comments

I am a bit nervous about doing this, but since several people asked, here goes: You can now download the travel-time map of the Netherlands I made in Processing. I have exported applications for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Each download includes the source files, but not the data file. For that, you will [...]

Playing With Complexity — Slides and Notes for My NLGD Festival of Games Talk

In Talks on 9 July 2008 tagged aesthetics, Ben Fry, collective intelligence, complexity, data visualization, dataviz, emergence, exploration, Festival of Games 2008, frivolity, futures, game design, games, GD, happiness hacking, information design, information graphics, information visualization, infoviz, interaction design, IxD, Jane McGonigal, languages, ludic fallacy, NLGD, personal informatics, play, prediction, prescription, Stamen Design, supercontext, utility with 14 comments

When the NLGD Foundation invited me to speak at their anual Festival of Games I asked them what they would like me to discuss. “Anything you like,” was what they said, essentially. I decided to submit an abstract dealing with data visualization. I had been paying more and more attention to this field, but was [...]