• Can the creation of physical artefacts based on data extracted from complex digital information systems change the way we read, interpret and respond to digital information?
• By reconceptualising digital information into a physical environment can we add new insight to information that is typically presented in the form of statistical lists, and graphs, to people outside the scientific community?
• What qualities/traits can we capitalise when moving information between digital/material environments?

For many people outside of the scientific community statistical information and graphics remain abstract and unintelligible. This research begins to investigate how we might interrogate statistical information from the engineering sector through the creation of material/physical objects, with the intention of bringing better understanding and increased accessibility to scientific data.

This inquiry will be achieved through a strategy of media transformations that move information sources between digital and material environments, for example; by translating digital statistics into 3D computer models, which can then be output into real-world objects using 3D printing techniques. Undertaken by a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineers, technologists and end-user communities the project aims to investigate how these translation strategies can be used to communicate and transfer knowledge between different stakeholders.

Project dates
2019

Publications

Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M. T., 

Research by

Daniela Petrelli

Nick Dulake

Stefano Parisi

Partners & Stakeholders
School of Design, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)


Funders
ADRC