TY - GEN
T1 - You say potato, I say po-data
T2 - 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2019
AU - Wun, Tiffany
AU - Oehlberg, Lora
AU - Sturdee, Miriam
AU - Carpendale, Sheelagh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/3/17
Y1 - 2019/3/17
N2 - Data visualization authoring tools for the general public remains an ongoing challenge. Inspired by block-printing, we explore how visualization stamps as a physical tool for authoring visualizations could leverage both visual freedom and ease of repetition. We conducted two workshops where participants authored visualizations on paper using hand-carved stamps made from potatoes and sponges. The low-fidelity medium freed participants to test new stamp patterns and accept mistakes. From the created visualizations, we observed several unique traits and uses of block-printing tools for authoring visualizations, including: modularity of patterns; annotation guides; creation of multiple patterns from one stamp; and various techniques to apply data onto paper. We discuss issues around expressivity and effectiveness of block-printing stamps in authoring visualizations, and identify implications for the design and assembly of primitives in potential visualization stamp kits, as well as applications for future use in non-digital environments.
AB - Data visualization authoring tools for the general public remains an ongoing challenge. Inspired by block-printing, we explore how visualization stamps as a physical tool for authoring visualizations could leverage both visual freedom and ease of repetition. We conducted two workshops where participants authored visualizations on paper using hand-carved stamps made from potatoes and sponges. The low-fidelity medium freed participants to test new stamp patterns and accept mistakes. From the created visualizations, we observed several unique traits and uses of block-printing tools for authoring visualizations, including: modularity of patterns; annotation guides; creation of multiple patterns from one stamp; and various techniques to apply data onto paper. We discuss issues around expressivity and effectiveness of block-printing stamps in authoring visualizations, and identify implications for the design and assembly of primitives in potential visualization stamp kits, as well as applications for future use in non-digital environments.
KW - Authoring Visualizations
KW - Block-Printing
KW - Information Visualization
KW - Physical Template Tools
KW - Potato
KW - Tangible Tools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063906377&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3294109.3295627
DO - 10.1145/3294109.3295627
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063906377
T3 - TEI 2019 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
SP - 297
EP - 306
BT - TEI 2019 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PB - ACM
Y2 - 17 March 2019 through 20 March 2019
ER -