physical

Bringing data into the real world.

Global warming bike path

Data Art / climate change, Ed Hawkins, physical

The @LpzfuersKlima team have completed painting a giant representation of the Warming Stripes…
Chicken egg color spectrum

Misc. Visualization / color, egg, physical

Eggs aren’t always white, which is oddly calming in this photo by way…
Map made of candy corn to show corn production

Maps / candy, corn, Jill Hubley, physical

With candy corn as her medium, Jill Hubley mapped corn production in the…
A flag planted for every Covid-19 death

Data Art / coronavirus, flags, physical, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg

In fall 2020, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg planted a flag for each American who…
Data recorded in fabric quilt

Data Art / coronavirus, Kim Moran-Jones, physical, quilt

Kim Moran-Jones quilted temperature minima and maxima in the UK, along with Covid-19…
Tapestry for reflective data visualization

Data Art / Catherine Madden, physical, weaving

As a way to reflect on 2020, Catherine Madden wove tapestry to visualize…
Data visualization in virtual reality

Statistical Visualization / physical, VR

Virtual reality puts you in a digital world that can feel like a…
I am a book. I am a portal to the universe.

Data Art / book, Miriam Quick, physical, Stefanie Posavec

Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick have a new book out called I am…
Climate change displayed, with shower tiles

Data Art / climate, global warming, physical, shower

Based on a chart by Ed Hawkins, the shower wall of Gretchen Goldman…
Blanket visualizes daily high and low temperatures

Data Art / blanket, physical, temperature

Reddit user quantum-kate used daily high and low temperatures in Denver in 1992…
Faking traffic on Google Maps with a wagon of 99 smartphones

Data Art / Google Maps, physical, Simon Weckert, traffic

Google Maps incorporates data from smartphones to estimate traffic in any given location.…
3-D-Printed Time Series Plates

Data Underload / 3-D printing, physical

After seeing a 1950s physical visualization, I wondered if I could follow a similar process using modern techniques.
Visualizations using Play-Doh

Data Art / medium, physical, Play-Doh

We usually visualize data on computers, because it’s where the data exists and…
Scale model shows how levees increase flooding

Visualization / flood, levees, physical, ProPublica, Reveal

Levees are intended to prevent flooding in the areas they are built, but…
Comparison of terms and conditions lengths

Data Art / paper, physical, social, terms and conditions

Most of us don’t read the terms and conditions before we click on…
Regulations.

Miscellaneous / paper, physical

Doug Mills, reporting for The New York Times:
Echoing his days as a…
Looking for patterns and structures from the sky

Data Art / photography, physical

Photographer Bernhard Lang takes pictures in small planes and helicopters, pointing his camera…
Catching a real ball in virtual reality

Visualization / Disney, physical, VR

Man wears virtual reality headset. Another man throws a ball to headset-wearing man.…
Watch bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotic

Visualization / bacteria, biology, evolution, physical

Scientists at Harvard University setup the MEGA-plate, essentially a giant petri dish, with…
Pythagorean theorem water demo

Visualization / physical, Pythagorean theorem

This is years old, but it still tickles the neurons every time. It’s…

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