With this project, I’ve really enjoyed how my initial idea changed as I continued to think about how I could convey my message. I ultimately chose to follow through with the minimalistic style, because I like how the end visual looks like a clothing brand logo. Since our identities are something we wear everyday, regardless…
Tag: Data Art
Data Art- Wealth Inequality
My piece highlights the disparity between Jeff Bezos’s net worth and the median yearly US income as of 2019. The inner circles, from smallest to largest, are the total wealth an average American will earn in their lifetime assuming 65 years of work, the net worth of the Queen of England, and the net GDP…
Data Art: Swallowed Whole
I had to change my project pretty significantly from my initial idea, because I was still having trouble understanding Max. In order to still try to convey my original message, I made the traditional symbol of Agender move over and expand over the symbol for how I identify (for the sake of explanation, right symbol…
Updated* Data Art Project – food carbon footprint (by Hanwen Xu)
Climate change has always been the elephant in the room in our everyday lives. We hear about global warming and carbon-dioxide emission everyday, but a lot of the time we perceive them as somewhat abstract ideas. This data art project is an attempt to visualize the carbon footprint of our favourite foods. We enjoy eating…