Kevin Van Aelst‘s food photography series presents science and mathematics through very unscientific foods such as donuts and gummy worms, and it is this strange juxtaposition which caught our attention. He explains ‘the images aim to examine the distance between the ‘big picture’ and ‘the little things’ in life’ – the banalities of life and [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Kevin Van Aelst – Art, Science, Food
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Gretchen Nash – Dear Gretchen
Not all beautiful and well rounded work comes from established professionals. We think that Gretchen Nash, a recent graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, is a promising new face in the world of design. Her book ‘Dear Gretchen‘ investigates letters that she has kept since childhood. She has documented the word frequency of [...]
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Marian Bantjes – I Wonder
Sometimes at CreativeData we get excited about things other than data visualisation. Hard to believe I know, but today we are completely mesmerised by Marian Bantjes‘ gorgeous graphics and illustrations. Her work is intricate and delicate and often contains typography which is completely engrossing. What we particularly love about her work is its ability to [...]
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Nathalie Miebach: Weaving Data
Right now we are completely fascinated by Natalie Miebach’s woven ‘data sculptures.’ These beautiful creations explore the possibilities of transforming traditional scientific data into provoking three dimensional forms. We think she sums her work up fantastically when she says ‘I am questioning and expanding boundaries through which science data has been traditionally visually translated (ex: [...]
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Nike Grid: Run Your City
Today we are super excited about Stamen‘s two week long series of race data visualisations for W+K London’s Nike Grid, which went live on the 22nd. The project aims to get people on the move by mapping their daily runs with a bit of healthy competition: 48 postcodes across the North, South, East and West [...]
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Visualizing.org
Here at Creative Data we’re excited by any and all work that sets out to communicate research and data in beautiful, entertaining and engaging ways. That’s what we’re all about. Although our aim is to work spatially with 3d installations, the majority of work in this area is going on graphically. David McCandless, author of [...]