Inspired by the words of Trevor Hogan (paper Data Sensification: Beyond Representation Modality, Toward Encoding Data in Experience, we are now starting to think about how we build an understanding of the Islands data through people’s overall experience of it. This can be an island full of colour in the Read more…
Inspired by the work of Jörg Blumtritt, Benedikt Köhler, Sabria David on their Slow Media Manifesto (2010) and also the concept of Calm Technology by Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown (1996), we are exploring the concept of slow data. For many of us, in this fast-paced, energy-consuming, technologically-driven world, Read more…
What would a tourist map of Flatholm island look like? What would a 3D, dynamic and ‘live’ map of Flatholm island look like? The below map of New Jersey highlights the main attractions of the location. What are the main attractions of Flatholm island? The number of seagulls sighted that Read more…
Nowadays, data is generally presented via a dashboard… via graphs and other modes of digital visualisation. What happens when this experience becomes physical. What can the ‘physical and tangible’ add to the data experience? What is the essence of the data physicalisation that will take the data experience to a Read more…
‘Climate change will impact every aspect of biophysical systems and society. However, unlike other components of the climate system, the impact of climate change on the groundwater system has only recently received attention. This focus is due to the realization that groundwater is a vital freshwater resource crucial to global Read more…
Biodiversity loss on Flatholm island could mean the extinction of species (plant or animal), as well as the local reduction or loss of species in a certain habitat (i.e. lesser black backed gulls?). This could mean the loss of biological diversity on the island. Interestingly, the local reduction or loss Read more…
What does SSSI mean? Firstly, it is a formal conservation designation. It is an area that is of particular interest to science due to the rare species of fauna or flora it contains. Flat Holm island was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1972. Several rare species Read more…
‘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…
