Data Art, Nightingale

Callie Dean

Emojis as Data: Visualizing a Generation Gap

Emojis are themselves a form of data visualization: a visual shorthand for expressing our feelings, reactions, and words through text messages and social media posts...

Jason Forrest

LA on the Move: Data Vandals Bring Wildlife and Humans Together at Union Station

The relationship between nature and the city is often framed as a tension - wilderness versus concrete, animals versus humans. But what if we looked at Los Angeles differently? What if we saw the city as a shared habitat where humans and wildlife navigate the same streets, highways, and neighborhoods together?

Elena Tratsevskaya

Plastic Portrait: Visualizing Technical Skills Through Cable Ties

I’ve always been interested in the aesthetic side of dashboards beyond what the tools offer—importing custom backgrounds and graphic elements created outside of BI software...

Katie Anderson-Kelly

MyMatrescenceProject: Using “Data-Less” Data Visualisation to Explore My Experience of Motherhood

I don’t observe, collect, or draw, but the language of data visualisation is still helping me make sense of becoming a mother. Before becoming a..

Sylwia Nowakowska

Creating Data Art with GenAI: Diffusive Alpine Metamorphosis

Living in Switzerland, I cherish time spent in nature. The majestic Alps, winding rivers, and serene lakes are perfect places for me to find rest..

Zehra Unal

Healing Through Data Visualization

This project shows data visualization I used to reflect on my healing process and find closure after a traumatic event. I recorded the literal number..

Danny Yang, Lesley Huang, Pia Bocanegra & Linda Yang

From Data to Art: Making “Rat Revolution”

In March 2024, we unveiled “Rat Revolution” at the Data Through Design exhibition. “Rat Revolution” can be described as a light sculpture or a physical..

Anna Ivashechkina

From Data to Yarn: Crocheting the Russian Football League’s 2022/23 Season

I crocheted 16 figures of footballers, one look at which will give an idea of how the Russian Premier League (RPL) club spent the 2022/23 season.

Victor Muñoz

Lessons from Physicalizing Data for a Better World

Autumn foliage colors inspired me to chart global temperature change. Here's how I created a data visual with leaves.

Daphne Lundi

Exploring Open Source Data to Visualize 99-Cents Stores

I used a business database from my public library, free data visualization tools, and art supplies to create a 3D map of 99-cents stores.

Kelsey Nanan

A Decade Wrapped – Plotting Nostalgia for a Data Viz Gift

Need a great gift idea? Try making a personalized data viz for that special someone.

Adrianna Janik

Visualizing Emotions with Color Cubes

Using two different data sets, I leveraged color and 3-D structure to visualize the complexity and breadth of human emotion.

Nightingale Editors

Dear Nightingale Submissions: Raveling Data

Check out submissions to the challenge to transform a piece of fabric into data viz by cutting, picking, or pulling it apart.

Or Misgav

Finding Solace in Tracking My First Trimester Nights

Through sleepless nights and overwhelming fatigue, I used data and art to discover my strength—and the beauty of resilience.

Thabata Romanowski

Is It Data? Is It Art? It’s a Data Self-Portrait!

To step away from the constraints of her day job, a data vis practitioner made an introspective art piece with tools she hadn't used before.

Aida Horaniet Ibañez, Daniel Richter & Joëlla van Donkersgoed

From The Historical Archive To The Citizens: Visualizing Census Data From Brill Street in 1922

Inspired by historical census data from a former industrial city in Luxembourg, three researchers ventured into a project to turn population records into a tactile, 3-dimensional, and interactive exhibit.

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