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Making with Data

Physical Design and Craft in a Data-Driven World
Series: AK Peters Visualization Series
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Making with Data: Physical Design and Craft in a Data-Driven World explores how data can be transformed into physical objects, experiences, and spaces. Through over 25 chapters, international artists, designers, and scientists share their creative processes behind data-driven works, illustrated with sketches, photos, and studio artifacts. The book reveals diverse approaches to giving tangible form to data, expanding how we engage with the stories data can tell.
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Ideal for enthusiasts and professionals in computer science, data science, design, art, craft, and architecture who are interested in creative data practices and making data physically accessible.

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The book provides a snapshot of practices used by contemporary designers, researchers, and artists who create objects, spaces, and experiences imbued with data. They draw from a range of domains and traditions, and represent a fascinating, inspiring, and revealing cross-section of contemporary maker and data culture.

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How can we give data physical form?

And how might those creations change the ways we experience data and the stories it can tell?

Making with Data: Physical Design and Craft in a Data-Driven World provides a snapshot of the diverse practices contemporary creators are using to produce objects, spaces, and experiences imbued with data. Across 25+ beautifully illustrated chapters, international artists, designers, and scientists each explain the process of creating a specific data-driven piece—illustrating their practice with candid sketches, photos, and design artefacts from their own studios.

The author website, featuring updates and more information about the projects behind the book, can be found here: https://makingwithdata.org/.

Featuring influential voices in computer science, data science, graphic design, art, craft, and architecture, Making with Data is accessible and inspiring for enthusiasts and experts alike.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032207223

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 December 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Illustration: 1 Tables, color; 38 Line drawings, color; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 326 Halftones, color; 12 Halftones, black and white; 363 Illustrations, color; 30 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

  • Edited by Samuel Huron
  • Edited by Till Nagel
  • Edited by Lora Oehlberg
  • Edited by Wesley Willett

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1660g

Pages: 392

Collections

Arts & Culture Computing & Technology Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Fashion & Design Non-Fiction Series: AK Peters Visualization Series

About the Author

Samuel Huron, Till Nagel, Lora Oehlberg, Wesley Willett

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