‘If you compressed the whole of Earth’s unimaginably long history into one single day, the first humans that look like us would appear at less than four seconds before midnight’ (Lewis & Maslin, 2018, p.3). Humans are the smallest sliver in the 4.5 billion years of geologic time yet their Read more…
On 13 May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi (Italian inventor) and George Kemp (, Cardiff Post Office engineer) transmitted the first wireless signals over open sea from Flat Holm Island to Lavernock Point, Wales. Following in these footsteps, this data physicalisation proposes to transmit data from the island to the mainland. This Read more…
Flatholm Island described as like entering a completely different world. To physically portray and interpret this through data, we are realising that we might need to think about a package of interlinked data driven experiences. Lots of different types of interactivity (passive and active) to encapsulate the complete Flatholm Island Read more…
The lighthouse is so prominent on the island. In some ways, it is this landmark that defines the island or at least gives the island some of its identity. We are thinking that this form is something that we need to consider for our data physicalisation. Doing a quick search Read more…
The water story on the island is very engaging. As there are no natural water sources on the island, the warden and his partner depend on the collection of rainwater. As you can imagine in hot summer spells, this could mean a rationing of the amount of showers you can Read more…
Inspired by some earlier work on interaction. Take a look at how the tabs, wheel and levers trigger the animation. Other videos and images that are inspiring us… projected images, timelines, opening doors/ flaps.
The numbers of the rare lesser black backed gulls are declining on Flatholm island… is this why we are seeing more of them in Cardiff city? Are they exploiting the food opportunities created by our lack of recycling and lack of care for our environment? Like the lighthouse light beam, Read more…
Firstly, our aim is to show users/ visitors that the island exists… and to paint a picture of life on the island… this wonderful rich self sustainable ecosystem. We aim to do this by making the visitor ‘the warden’…A Day/week/ year in the life of Flatholm island Warden. To do Read more…
Joining the scaffold with the servos with the 3D printed cuboid…we are started to get places in the drafting/ building of our data physicalisation. BIG SMILE.
Printing a ‘Scaffold’ to hold the servos… take a look at the 3D model. Could this be in the form of a lighthouse? The Flatholm island lighthouse? We are moving one step at a time.
