Information Visualization

Information Visualization with Steve Duenes

Students were asked to visualize a section within the permanent collection at MoMA or the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Or, they may visualize a single sporting event or season. The project must include substantial quantitative data, a main visualization, supporting figures and a plan for interactivity.

• John Finley : 76 years of 24 Hours of Le Mans

  

  Since 1923, motorsports’ top drivers have competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the oldest sports car endurance race in the world. This chart sheds light on three areas of how the race has changed over the years: the distance and lap counts needed to win, the most winningest drivers at Le Mans, and how the track itself has been modified to enhance the event.

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• Clint Beharry : Haunted: A Guggenheim New York Art Exhibit

  

  “Haunted: Contemporary Photography / Video / Performance / Sculpture” is an exhibit shown at the Guggenheim New York between March 26 - September 6, 2010. This information visualization shows all pieces in the exhibit, which media they used, which themes they were curated under, where they were located, and how much space they occupied on the spiral rotunda.

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• Gene Lu : Heat Effects on Marathon Runners

  

  There are many variables that determine the finishing times of marathon runners. Some variables are fixed (e.g. elevation) while others cannot be controlled (e.g. temperature, wind speed). This infographic explores the relationship between finishing time and temperature within the past ten years of the New York City Marathon.

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• Jeff Kirsch : Longball Leaders

  

  A final project for Information Visualization with Steve Duenes, “Longball Leaders” looks at the week-by-week home run tallies for the top 15 MLB players in 2009, compared against the season-end totals of the top 5 all-time leaders.

• Michael Katayama : Play Ball! East Meets West

  

  Baseball has been an All-American past time that has turned International. This chart uses the data from the 42 baseball players from Japan that have played in the Major Leagues through the 2009 season. The first player, Masanori Murakami played in 1964-65. It would be 30 years before Hideo Nomo would make his debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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• Beatriz Vizcaino : Shaping Modernity

  

  Information visualization of a part of the exhibition “Shaping Modernity: Design 1880-1980” at the MoMA.

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• Colleen Miller : The Curse of Billy Penn

  

  No city with teams in the four major professional sports leagues has gone longer without a title that Philadelphia — it was a 25 year span from 1983 (when the 76ers hoisted the N.B.A. trophy) until 2008, when the Phillies won the World Series. This information graphic showcases the highs that always ended in disappointment, and the losing streaks that made it seem like it would never happen. This graphic attempts to represent the reason why Philly fans are notoriously the angriest fans of all.

• Russ Maschmeyer : The Die Hard Index

  

  The Die Hard Index determines the quality of a sports team’s fans, or more specifically, the degree to which fans will continue to buy tickets, even when the economy is poor, ticket prices are sky high, and they have a losing team.

  After a long night of looking at the numbers for the 2009 Major League Baseball Season, I arrived at the formula to the right, and the map below. I hope you find the results relatively congruent with your own home team experiences.

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• Evinn Quinn : Tomahawk to 3 Peat

  

  A visualization of how Shaun White won the Winter X Games 2010…before the Olympics.

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