Chilean designer Catalina Cortázar created a physical visualization showing the proportion of black, hispanic and white people searched by the New York police in 2010. Each of the three compartments stands for a race and contains an amount of powder proportional to the race's population in New York. When the object is turned upside down, the powder falls into an adjacent compartment except for coarser particles that do not make it through the holes and represent people stopped by the police. Sources: Catalina Cortázar (2012) Stop & Frisk – Data Visualization. Photos by Catalina Cortázar.

Dipsea Chimes is a kinetic data sculpture made by information designer Maggie Shi celebrating the Dipsea Race, America’s oldest trail race. Installed on a terrace overlooking Mt. Tamalpais - the race’s iconic setting - it is accessible to the local community. The piece aims to raise awareness of the race’s historical significance, particularly its pioneering role in equity and gender inclusion. To achieve this, the design presents race data in a tangible, interactive format, making it engaging and approachable. The installation features 30 suspended paddles, each representing a winning runner from the past 30 years, a subset of the race’s 120-year history. The length of the supporting sticks corresponds to race time, while the paddles encode age and gender-board size scales with age, and color indicates gender. Labels on each paddle display the year, time, age, and gender, allowing viewers to explore the dataset. Sources: Maggie Shi (2025) Dipsea Chimes – A Kinetic Data Sculpture. Information is Beautiful Awards 2024