Tangible Data
Visualization
NID - Academic Project (2 weeks)

Rajesh M
Objective
of this project
Designing and implementing data sculptures, the physical “embodiment” of Personal data in a tangible presence, shape, or form.
The process
Collecting personal Data

Samsung galaxy Watch 4

Recording sleep and step count data
2nd Aug 21 - 31st Jul 22

From phone, extracted data into an excel file

Columns

start date (dd/mm/yy)

start time (hh:mm:ss)

REM sleep (mins)

end date (dd/mm/yy)

end time (HH:MM:SS)

Total time sleep (mins)

awake time (mins)

deep sleep (mins)

light sleep (mins)

Sleep record is visualized in contour plot
Step record is visualized in contour plot

3 types of representation

Keywords and metaphors

Group 241@2x

Implementing 250+ entries is very difficult, but it was doable in 2 days because of my friends Janani, Karvendan, Vijay, Dhashna, and Annya.

It was enjoyable working as a team, and there was a sync between us, which made us complete this on time.

Presented in information design - tangible data viz module, people who visited it had a great time with this installation, the form, and the color is so inviting, everybody peaked into this one.
(10/09/2022)

Live Screensaver/wallpaper

It can be used as a live screensaver or wallpaper based on everyday sleep count and step count. Instead of showing the actual numbers of sleep and step data, flower blossom works better to start a day.

Customized Widgets

The users can customize the flowers they like and add them to their widget list. This way, the users can be informed whether their sleep and step count are in harmony