Using open source NASA GISS data, british model maker and designer Matthew Stewart created a sculpture which communicates the temperature rise of the globe compared to 50 years ago. With the data’s lat/long variable, Matthew Stewart represented temperature increase with length of protruding rod – the greater the difference, the longer the rod. Made of 3,204 pieces, assembly had to be perfect to ensure the lattice structure held its form correctly, & so the data was represented accurately. […]
Using open source NASA GISS data, british model maker and designer Matthew Stewart created a sculpture which communicates the temperature rise of the globe compared to 50 years ago. With the data’s lat/long variable, Matthew Stewart represented temperature increase with length of protruding rod – the greater the difference, the longer the rod. Made of 3,204 pieces, assembly had to be perfect to ensure the lattice structure held its form correctly, & so the data was represented accurately.
Sources:
https://a-maker.co.uk/global_temperature_change/ (seemingly offline) Anne-Laure Fréant (2022) Interview with Matthew Stewart, Model maker and Data-sculpture designer. (archived version) Related: Also see our entry 2014 – Blaue Blumen: Handcrafted Offline Data Visualization of Population Density .
Added by: Anne-Laure Fréant.
Category:
Passive physical visualization
Tags:
global warming, cartographic, globe, NASA, data sculpture