People

Thank you to everyone that worked on the DAPTEC Flat Holm project and to all the kids from Mount Stuart primary school, Cardiff that helped us test the exhibit.

We have reached the next phase of our project where people are starting to interact with the exhibit. Some really interesting feedback is filtering back to us.

Seeing the exhibition space and surrounding exhibits has made the DAPTEC project ever more real. We all now have a clear idea of the scale that we will need to work to and also a standard of interaction that we need to attain. Thank you to the Techniquest team for Read more…

The team had the pleasure of meeting up with James Summers from Techniquest this week. James gave us a virtual tour of the exhibition space at Techniquest and we spoke about the possibilities of the Data Physicalisation being displayed there. This was a very enriching moment for the team and Read more…

Thank you to Danielle Williams (CCC Waste Strategy Officer) who joined us this week for our team meeting. Danielle filled in a number of gaps in our thinking whilst also got us thinking about our PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY when it comes to recycling. Imagine 30% of our black bags are still Read more…

The team had the pleasure of meeting up with Trevor Hogan, CIT whose deep knowledge around Data Physicalisation took the team to a new place. We are now thinking beyond literal data representation and to the visitor’s perception and how we might build an experience that will enable/ empower the Read more…

Since starting this project four months ago we have had the pleasure of chatting to a number of experts from Cardiff City Council (CCC). These included experts in traffic data, groundwater, plastic and air pollution. These conversations have been crucial to our data physicalisation journey. For example, talking about links Read more…

The Flatholm Island warden Mat Brown summed it up when he said ‘Imagine waking up each morning to this as your back garden’. What an idyllic setting! And Mat and his partner Jen (who is also on the island) have a very important role on the island to ensure that Read more…

Viola Ross- Smith is a science communications manager with the British Trust for Ornithology. She is a highly educated seabird ecologist with expertise in the Lesser Black-backed Gull. We had the pleasure of catching up with her yesterday and wow, did she really paint a wonderful picture of the seagull Read more…

On the 12th August 2017, SEWBReC, the Local Environmental Record Centre covering southeast Wales organised a BioBlitz on Flat Holm Island. A full day of sampling yielded 32 species of spiders of which 21 were apparently new island records (bringing the island total to 41). The information in the table Read more…