Making with Data: Physical Design and Craft in a Data-Driven World, Samuel Huron, Till Nagel, Lora Oehlberg, and Wesley Willett, eds. (2022). Boca Raton: AK Peters/CRC Press, 2022, 392 p. $54.95 ISBN: 978-1-0321-8222-3.

Abstract

Making with Data explores physical data visualizations, or data physicalizations, and the role they can play in telling different types of data-driven stories. Data physicalization takes many forms. Examples include pottery decorated with artistic data visualizations, sculptures made from beach debris visualizing the lifecycle of plastics, and experiential theater that visualizes city demographics. In blending art and data work, these interventions do not solely take place in academic contexts but can be art installations, community-based experiences, and more. This book is an excellent resource for librarians who want to explore hands-on ways of teaching data literacy, as well as a reference guide for researchers who want to find new ways of presenting their data.