This is all about using your hands when brainstorming This is all about using your hands when brainstorming and thinking about the physical world and thinking about the physical world when it's relevant to the data story you're telling. However, for this episode I want to focus However, for this episode I want to focus on the other end of that same spectrum, on the other end of that same spectrum, which is respecting and working which is respecting and working with the physical dimension with the physical dimension to create data visualizations, to create data visualizations, even when the final product ends up even when the final product ends up in print or on screen. I deal a lot with creating visualizations I deal a lot with creating visualizations in a virtual space.
It feels like I'm just sort of renting it. but it doesn't really feel like it's mine. I truly own it, whereas an E-book is something I can use, I truly own it, whereas an E-book is something I can use, but it doesn't really feel like it's mine. For one, there's a difference in how we perceive things For one, there's a difference in how we perceive things that we own as opposed to things that we own as opposed to things that we may have access to. Humans value physical objects for a host of reasons. Humans can relate to objects we can touch and hold Humans can relate to objects we can touch and hold in a way that we can't quite relate to in a way that we can't quite relate to in the subtle abstractions of pencil marks in the subtle abstractions of pencil marks on paper or pixels on a screen. The tangibility of real-world objects is very powerful. like income inequality and population growth.
Swedish academic Hans Rosling famously used objects Swedish academic Hans Rosling famously used objects like river rocks or plastic bins to explain concepts like income inequality and population growth. They're mapping their runs and using that data They're mapping their runs and using that data to spell out marriage proposals. People are making data visualization objects People are making data visualization objects using 3D printers and even Play-Doh. (techno music) - Data visualization is breaking the bounds - Data visualization is breaking the bounds of the printed page and the screen of the printed page and the screen in many different ways.
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