Big data, art, and order
"David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization"
"... turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections."
Mines the complex problems created by the massive, powerful data collection now available through technology, suggesting that the data is only made useful by design.
Notes that big data is chaotic, but through order and design, it is made useful in an artistic way that enables users to take action upon the information rather than being frozen by disorder.
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Source is Ted Talks.
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"... turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections."
Mines the complex problems created by the massive, powerful data collection now available through technology, suggesting that the data is only made useful by design.
Notes that big data is chaotic, but through order and design, it is made useful in an artistic way that enables users to take action upon the information rather than being frozen by disorder.
Interested? Click "Read More" if the video does not appear below.
Source is Ted Talks.
• You might also enjoy: Art and design empower leadership and technology [video & review]; Using art to visualize chaotic data and humanity; Amazing power of computers and humans working together [video & review]; Science, trippy like a drug - Illusions and the mind; Is that music?
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