Computational Information Design

Computational Information Design[PhD Thesis title, Ben Fry, 2004]

Computational Information Design

The London Cholera Map Dr. John Snow (1854)

Computational Information Design

Computational Information Design

Information Architecture Information Visualisation

Infrastructure of the MACE EU-Project IDL FH Potsdam (http://portal.mace-project.eu)

Computational Information Design

Information Architecture Information Visualisation

Infrastructure of the MACE EU-Project IDL FH Potsdam (http://portal.mace-project.eu)Visual Complexity http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

»There is Only Software«[Manovich, 2011]

http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2011/04/new-article-by-lev-manovich-there-is.html

Understanding Shakespearehttp://www.understanding-shakespeare.com

Computational Information Design

Computational Information Design Ben Fry (p. 13)

Understanding Shakespeare WordHoard (http://wordhoard.northwestern.edu)

Other Cases APIs, Scraping Data, Crowd-Sourcing Data

Scanning, OCRing, Cleaning, Double-checking, Structuring, Modularizing

Also WordHoard (in part)

Analysing the Data. What is important?

ID Spelling String Spelling String (ins) Work Part Work Line Path Tag … … … … … … Prev Next Work Tag Work Ordinal Colocation Ordinal Speech

1 Thou thou 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-01 2 0 2 4 $ $ NULL 2 aaa 0 12884901888 NULL2 ferse ferse 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-02 2 5 2 10 $ $ 1 3 aaa 1 12884901889 NULL3 god god 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-03 2 11 2 14 $ $ 2 4 aaa 2 12884901890 NULL4 of of 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-04 2 15 2 17 $ $ 3 5 aaa 3 12884901891 NULL5 armes armes 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-05 2 18 2 23 $ , $ 4 6 aaa 4 12884901892 NULL6 Mars mars 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-06 2 25 2 29 $ $ 5 7 aaa 5 12884901893 NULL7 the the 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-07 2 30 2 33 $ $ 6 8 aaa 6 12884901894 NULL8 rede rede 3 1 1 aaa.1 ch-04-052-24038-08 2 34 2 38 $ ,/$ 7 9 aaa 7 12884901895 NULL9 That that 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-01 3 0 3 4 $ $ 8 10 aaa 8 12884901896 NULL10 in in 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-02 3 5 3 7 $ $ 9 11 aaa 9 12884901897 NULL11 the the 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-03 3 8 3 11 $ $ 10 12 aaa 10 12884901898 NULL12 frosty frosty 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-04 3 12 3 18 $ $ 11 13 aaa 11 12884901899 NULL13 contre contre 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-05 3 19 3 25 $ $ 12 14 aaa 12 12884901900 NULL14 called called 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-06 3 26 3 32 $ $ 13 15 aaa 13 12884901901 NULL15 Trace trace 3 1 2 aaa.2 ch-04-052-24039-07 3 33 3 38 $ ,/$ 14 16 aaa 14 12884901902 NULL16 Within within 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-01 4 0 4 6 $ $ 15 17 aaa 15 12884901903 NULL17 thy thy 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-02 4 7 4 10 $ $ 16 18 aaa 16 12884901904 NULL18 grisly grisly 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-03 4 11 4 17 $ $ 17 19 aaa 17 12884901905 NULL19 temple temple 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-04 4 18 4 24 $ $ 18 20 aaa 18 12884901906 NULL20 ful ful 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-05 4 25 4 28 $ $ 19 21 aaa 19 12884901907 NULL21 of of 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-06 4 29 4 31 $ $ 20 22 aaa 20 12884901908 NULL22 drede drede 3 1 3 aaa.3 ch-04-052-24040-07 4 32 4 37 $ /$ 21 23 aaa 21 12884901909 NULL23 Honoured honoured 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-01 5 0 5 8 $ $ 22 24 aaa 22 12884901910 NULL24 art art 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-02 5 9 5 12 $ $ 23 25 aaa 23 12884901911 NULL25 as as 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-03 5 13 5 15 $ $ 24 26 aaa 24 12884901912 NULL26 patroun patroun 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-04 5 16 5 23 $ $ 25 27 aaa 25 12884901913 NULL27 of of 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-05 5 24 5 26 $ $ 26 28 aaa 26 12884901914 NULL28 that that 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-06 5 27 5 31 $ $ 27 29 aaa 27 12884901915 NULL29 place place 3 1 4 aaa.4 ch-04-052-24041-07 5 32 5 37 $ ;/$ 28 30 aaa 28 12884901916 NULL30 With with 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-01 6 0 6 4 $ $ 29 31 aaa 29 12884901917 NULL31 thy thy 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-02 6 5 6 8 $ $ 30 32 aaa 30 12884901918 NULL32 Bellona bellona 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-03 6 9 6 16 $ , $ 31 33 aaa 31 12884901919 NULL33 Pallas pallas 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-04 6 18 6 24 $ , $ 32 34 aaa 32 12884901920 NULL34 ful ful 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-05 6 26 6 29 $ $ 33 35 aaa 33 12884901921 NULL35 of of 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-06 6 30 6 32 $ $ 34 36 aaa 34 12884901922 NULL36 grace grace 3 1 5 aaa.5 ch-04-052-24042-07 6 33 6 38 $ ,/$ 35 37 aaa 35 12884901923 NULL37 Be be 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-01 7 0 7 2 $ $ 36 38 aaa 36 12884901924 NULL38 present present 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-02 7 3 7 10 $ $ 37 39 aaa 37 12884901925 NULL39 and and 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-03 7 11 7 14 $ $ 38 40 aaa 38 12884901926 NULL40 my my 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-04 7 15 7 17 $ $ 39 41 aaa 39 12884901927 NULL41 song song 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-05 7 18 7 22 $ $ 40 42 aaa 40 12884901928 NULL42 contynue contynue 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-06 7 23 7 31 $ $ 41 43 aaa 41 12884901929 NULL43 and and 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-07 7 32 7 35 $ $ 42 44 aaa 42 12884901930 NULL44 guye guye 3 1 6 aaa.6 ch-04-052-24043-08 7 36 7 40 $ ;/$ 43 45 aaa 43 12884901931 NULL45 At at 3 1 7 aaa.7 ch-04-052-24044-01 8 0 8 2 $ $ 44 46 aaa 44 12884901932 NULL46 my my 3 1 7 aaa.7 ch-04-052-24044-02 8 3 8 5 $ $ 45 47 aaa 45 12884901933 NULL47 begynnyng begynnyng 3 1 7 aaa.7 ch-04-052-24044-03 8 6 8 15 $ $ 46 48 aaa 46 12884901934 NULL48 thus thus 3 1 7 aaa.7 ch-04-052-24044-04 8 16 8 20 $ $ 47 49 aaa 47 12884901935 NULL49 to to 3 1 7 aaa.7 ch-04-052-24044-05 8 21 8 23 $ $ 48 50 aaa 48 12884901936 NULL50 the the 3 1 7 aaa.7 ch-04-052-24044-06 8 24 8 27 $ $ 49 51 aaa 49 12884901937 NULL

Mapping & Visual Design Pen, Paper, Software, Code

Sketches

Generative Design

Generative Design Processes [are] about themodeling of initial conditions of anobject (its ‘genetics’) instead of modelingthe final form.”

“

Paola Fontana

Process No. 1 - 5

Process No. 1

Process No. 2

Process No. 3

Process No. 4

Process No. 5

Many Requirements Derive from the Previous Processes

Sketches & Paper Prototypes Between Experimental Studies and User-Centered Design

The Evolution of Two Approaches

Charts, Graphs and Literary TextsTowards a Visual Form for Dramatic Texts and Language

»The Irresistible Appeal of Info Porn«

http://www.printmag.com/article/the-irresistible-appeal-of-info-porn

»[…] people [are] drunk on possibility.«Paola Antonelli

Chris Harrison // www.chrisharrison.net

Chris Harrison // www.chrisharrison.net

What does it mean for the visualisation of literature?

Process No. 1 Info-Porn

Process No. 1 Info-Porn

Process No. 1 Info-Porn

Process No. 1 Info-Porn

Reboot »To Clarify Add Detail.« (Edward Tufte)

Wordclasses ProcessThe Base Exploration for the Me, You and Them Approach

Study: Speaker Similarity

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Reboot Back to the Text

The Current State

Close-Up of an Earlier Stage Fine-Tuning

Experience and Conclusion