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== Terminology ==
 
 
 
'''Data physicalizations''' (or '''physical visualizations''') are data-driven physical artefacts. They are the physical counterparts of data visualizations. Such artefacts may involve the use of computers, either to fabricate them or to actuate them. A closely related term is '''data sculpture'''. These terms are rather recent but of unclear origin, and there is no general consensus on their meaning. However, several definitions have been offered in the literature.
 
'''Data physicalizations''' (or '''physical visualizations''') are data-driven physical artefacts. They are the physical counterparts of data visualizations. Such artefacts may involve the use of computers, either to fabricate them or to actuate them. A closely related term is '''data sculpture'''. These terms are rather recent but of unclear origin, and there is no general consensus on their meaning. However, several definitions have been offered in the literature.
  
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== Data Physicalization ==
 
== Data Physicalization ==
  
Jansen et al. (2015) suggest to use the term "data physicalization" as a synonym for physical visualization when one does not want to overemphasize the visual channel:
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Jansen et al. (2015) suggest to use the term "data physicalization" as a synonym for physical visualization when one does not want to overemphasize the visual channel, and extend the definition:
  
 
: ''"A data physicalization (or simply physicalization) is a physical artifact whose geometry or material properties encode data."'' <ref name="jansen2015">Yvonne Jansen, Pierre Dragicevic, Petra Isenberg, Jason Alexander, Abhijit Karnik, Johan Kildal, Sriram Subramanian, Kasper Hornbæk. '''[https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01120152/document Opportunities and Challenges for Data Physicalization]'''. CHI 2015 - Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2015.</ref>
 
: ''"A data physicalization (or simply physicalization) is a physical artifact whose geometry or material properties encode data."'' <ref name="jansen2015">Yvonne Jansen, Pierre Dragicevic, Petra Isenberg, Jason Alexander, Abhijit Karnik, Johan Kildal, Sriram Subramanian, Kasper Hornbæk. '''[https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01120152/document Opportunities and Challenges for Data Physicalization]'''. CHI 2015 - Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2015.</ref>
  
The same authors distinguishing between data physicalizations as artefacts (for which they suggest the working definition above), data physicalization as the process of giving physical form to data, and data physicalization as a research area that brings together data visualization (infovis and sci-vis) and tangible user interfaces (TUIs):
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The same authors distinguish between data physicalizations as artefacts (for which they suggest the working definition above), data physicalization as the process of giving physical form to data, and data physicalization as a research area that brings together data visualization (infovis and sci-vis) and tangible user interfaces (TUIs):
  
 
: ''"We propose to think of Data Physicalization as a research area that examines how computer-supported, physical representations of data (i.e., physicalizations), can support cognition, communication, learning, problem solving, and decision making."'' <ref name="jansen2015"/>
 
: ''"We propose to think of Data Physicalization as a research area that examines how computer-supported, physical representations of data (i.e., physicalizations), can support cognition, communication, learning, problem solving, and decision making."'' <ref name="jansen2015"/>
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== Kinetic Sculpture ==
 
== Kinetic Sculpture ==
  
Data sculptures, like regular sculptures, are typically static. Kinetic sculptures are dynamic, but do not necessarily show data. Perhaps data-driven kinetic sculptures could be called ''kinetic data sculptures''.
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Data sculptures, like regular sculptures, are typically static. Kinetic sculptures are dynamic, but do not necessarily show data. Perhaps dynamic data-driven sculptures could be called ''kinetic data sculptures''.
  
 
== References ==
 
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Revision as of 20:59, 11 June 2016

Data physicalizations (or physical visualizations) are data-driven physical artefacts. They are the physical counterparts of data visualizations. Such artefacts may involve the use of computers, either to fabricate them or to actuate them. A closely related term is data sculpture. These terms are rather recent but of unclear origin, and there is no general consensus on their meaning. However, several definitions have been offered in the literature.

Physical Visualization

According to Jansen et al. (2013):

"Traditional visualizations map data to pixels or ink, whereas physical visualizations map data to physical form." [1]

Data Physicalization

Jansen et al. (2015) suggest to use the term "data physicalization" as a synonym for physical visualization when one does not want to overemphasize the visual channel, and extend the definition:

"A data physicalization (or simply physicalization) is a physical artifact whose geometry or material properties encode data." [2]

The same authors distinguish between data physicalizations as artefacts (for which they suggest the working definition above), data physicalization as the process of giving physical form to data, and data physicalization as a research area that brings together data visualization (infovis and sci-vis) and tangible user interfaces (TUIs):

"We propose to think of Data Physicalization as a research area that examines how computer-supported, physical representations of data (i.e., physicalizations), can support cognition, communication, learning, problem solving, and decision making." [2]

Data Sculpture

Data sculptures generally refer to artistic data physicalizations. According to Zhao and Vande Moere (2008), a data sculpture is:

"a data-based physical artifact, possessing both artistic and functional qualities, that aims to augment a nearby audience’s understanding of data insights and any socially relevant issues that underlie it." [3]

For artist Loren Madsen, data sculpture is three-dimensional data art, i.e.:

"art whose form in large part is determined by data or information." [4]

As for Jansen et al. (2015), they refer to data sculptures as:

"data-driven artifacts [...] built by artists and designers who seek to elicit emotions and convey meaning beyond mere data" [2]

Kinetic Sculpture

Data sculptures, like regular sculptures, are typically static. Kinetic sculptures are dynamic, but do not necessarily show data. Perhaps dynamic data-driven sculptures could be called kinetic data sculptures.

References

  1. Yvonne Jansen, Pierre Dragicevic, Jean-Daniel Fekete. Evaluating the efficiency of physical visualizations. CHI2013 – Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pages 2593- 2602. ACM, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Yvonne Jansen, Pierre Dragicevic, Petra Isenberg, Jason Alexander, Abhijit Karnik, Johan Kildal, Sriram Subramanian, Kasper Hornbæk. Opportunities and Challenges for Data Physicalization. CHI 2015 - Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2015.
  3. Jack Zhao, Andrew Vande Moere. Embodiment in data sculpture: a model of the physical visualization of information DIMEA '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, pages 343-350. ACM, 2008.
  4. Pierre Dragicevic. Interview with Loren Madsen: The Birth of Data Sculpture. Online: http://dataphys.org/list/loren-madsen-interview. 2015.