paper: paper-based visualization, daylight comes and goes

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petals

The assignment: Build a paper-based data visualization, as directed by the infosthetics.com website. That’s short for information aesthetics, and they have a passion for representing information in graphic form — not an easy challenge, as anyone who’s tried to figure out a poorly designed subway map knows.

The inspiration: Strips of paper discarded next to the school’s paper trimmer. My yearning for sunlight.

single petal/dayDescription: I currently live in Umeå, a city at latitude 63° 50′ N in northern Sweden. Our winter days are short and summer days are long. Using the actual and predicted lengths of daylight for the first of each month in 2009, I created a visualization with 12 “petals”.

The outer loop of each petal represents the 24 hours in the day; the inner loop is the length of daylight, ranging from 4h 33m on January 1 to 20h 34m on July 1. ETA: The white thread where the loops are joined is the start/end point. Each outer loop is 24 cm from start to end point, representing 24 hours. The inner loop for January is a little over 4.5 cm, representing the 4h 33m.

When assembled, like a clock, the top loop is 12 (December 1); the bottom one opposite it is 6 (June 1).

I like how the simple lines suggest the passing of time and the cycle of the months as well as the promise of spring to come. There are multiple flower forms suggested, from the symmetrical outer petals to the drooping flower formed by the inner loops, to the spikier poinsettia-like flower formed by the negative space in the middle.
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paper visualization

ETA 2/13/09: Oh my gosh, my design won! Yay!

Entry Filed under: paper, LONGING

9 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Shera  |  February 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    you are cooler than I could have ever imagined. I want one of these.

  • 2. doug  |  February 10th, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    Living in Wisconsin, I can relate! This is beautiful CLamity!

  • 3. charlene  |  February 11th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Thanks, Shera and Doug! I’m happy with how it turned out. It was a good way to channeling that missing-sunshine angst!

  • 4. David  |  February 13th, 2009 at 12:01 am

    The visualization/object is beautiful…

    And as a former expat in Sweden for two years - and coming from sunny Spain no less - I totally empathize with your craving for light. The good thing: Sweden is a great place to be from May, and you can see the effect of the weather on people.

  • 5. Britta  |  February 13th, 2009 at 7:25 am

    I like it! So graceful. Reminds me of the 3-d work of Richard Sweeney, with curvy shapes that are both algorithmic and handmade.

  • 6. charlene  |  February 13th, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Thanks for the encouraging words, David!

    Britta, thanks for that link. What amazing, sculptural works! I enjoyed your submission a lot, too.

  • 7. acous  |  February 14th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Wonderfully elegant visualization, made me happy, thanks :)

  • 8. Vorecreency  |  February 17th, 2009 at 10:47 am

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  • 9. charlene  |  February 17th, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Thanks! I added a link to the RSS feed to the sidebar of the main page.

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