13 March 2010

Added New Links Section

I have added a new section to the links portion of the blog labeled "tools/software." These are online or stand-alone software that may be utilized for data visualization or other related media. I have tried a few of these, not all. I have also taken out some of the "useful/inspirational links" and moved them to this new section where appropriate. Enjoy!

08 March 2010

Discussion for March 09

BEAUTIFUL EVIDENCE
1. The most common data display is a noun accompanied by a number. How can Sparklines increase their visual effectiveness?

2.Tufte gives some examples of Sparklines used in a linear fashion ..... medical monitorings, Baseball wins and losses, and Mouse neurons. How can Sparklines be used in non-linear way?

3. Why the construction of Sparklines require thinking about their design and production?

VISUAL EXPLANATION
4. How does Parallelism connect visual elements? How are visual elements disconnected by parallelism?

5. In What ways can parallelism be experiential? Interpretive?

6. How can Parallelism increase the visual effectiveness in Mapping?

7.How can faulty Parallelism lead to misinterpretations?

8.How can we integrate Sparklines and Parallelism into architecture? What are the possibilities and benefits?

By. Blake & Umesh

05 March 2010

Great Moments in Sports Diagrams



I love these! There are a series of them here:

Cassius Clay
Pete Rose
Michael Jordan
Bjorn Borg
Walter Payton

While these are done with a tongue-in-cheek approach, I do believe they are great examples of the dynamic diagram that Arnheim speaks of in his essay "What Abstraction Is" from the week 2 readings.

04 March 2010

Exercise Two - Paintings

El Lissitzky - Landin, Lima, Arteaga, Biwer, Petermann
Le Corbusier - Seniuk, Bartsch
Malevich - Villwock, Carlucci, Dhimal, Wold, Hoctor

01 March 2010

Discussion Questions for 3-2-10

Part 1:

1. If an index is the connection piece between a real object and the symbol we use to represent it in language, do the meanings of pronouns become ambiguous if the index does not reference one thing? Does this ambiguity add confusion or interest?

2. In Duchamp’s works "Tu m’" and "Rrose Se`lavy and I" is it the play on words that makes the piece interesting or the graphic interpretation of the play on words?

3. Andre Bazin describes painting as an "inferior way of making likeness" and an "ersatz of the process of reproduction" and says the photograph is always a reproduction of a model. Is this true of all photography?
Follow up: With new digital photography and editing techniques, do you think Bazin would still stick to his original statement that photographs are always just reproductions?

4. Explain the "verbal doubling" in Duchamp's With my Tongue in My Cheek

Part 2

5. What is your understanding of this statement? (Page 5 (216 in actual text)) “Paintings are understood, instead, as shifters, empty signs (like the word this) that are filled with meaning only when physically juxtaposed with an external referent, or object.”

6. How do indices relate to mapping?

7. In the sense of mapping versus tracing is photography a form of mapping or tracing?

8. In comparison of a traditional dancer and a photograph, why does Krauss call the photograph a message without a code?

9. Consider cinematography: Why were the first silent movies successful as a narrative while photos have a need to link text and image through a caption?

-Dave and Wekeana

09 February 2010

02.09 Class Cancelled

The university has canceled classes starting at 4:30 and later. This week's readings will be discussed next week. Your film diagrams will now be due 02.23. I will make changes to the syllabus to accommodate this cancellation. Stay tuned...

08 February 2010

Discussion for Feb 09

Beautiful evidence
1. Which map strikes you as the most successful and why?

2. Which map strikes you as the least successful?

3. Compare and contrast the Maps " The Vigilante" Page no 22 & 23 with Ernst Mossel's mappings of the artworks.
Page no 29 & 30

The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention
4. Philosophers Gilles Deuze and Flix Guattari quoted: " Make a map not a tracing!". In your opinion, What is the difference between Mapping and Tracing?

5 Discuss the different Mapping Techniques

6.How can Mapping be helpful in your Design work/ as Designer?

7. In your opinion is technology helpful in Mapping? and why?

03 February 2010

Charting The Beatles


Charting The Beatles

This is a very interesting set of graphics that visualize the music of the Beatles. Because the subject matter is time-based media, you can use these as inspiration for your film diagrams.

01 February 2010

Discussion questions for Feb. 2nd

Discussion leaders: Arteaga & Carlucci

Beautiful Evidence. Tufte
What are the six analytical design principles Tufte cites in reference to Charles Joseph Minard's data map?

The purpose of the analytical diagram is to aid in thinking and provoke reasoning among the consumer, how is this presentation more or less effective than other organizations of information such as an essay?

What graphic elements are used to describe the content of the diagram? What role does visual heirarchy play?

Visual Thinking. Arnheim
Can and how does abstraction bridge the notions of perception and thinking?

According to John Locke, "abstraction is an organization of the mind that passes beyond the concrete and has freed itself from it." In this case, are inracerebral perceptions (memories, feelings) abstractions?

What is the relationship between grouping/classification/generalization and abstraction? How does each feed into the other?

How is perception limited and how does abstraction aid in a more specific understanding?

Describe the difference between a container concept and a type?

28 January 2010

Spring 2010 Discussion Leaders

Week 02 Adriana Arteaga, Alison Carlucci

Week 03 Mary Biwer, Umesh Dhimal

Week 05 Wekeana Monese, David Landin

Week 07 Blake Villwock

Week 10 James Lima, Kelly Senuik

Week 12 Ted Peterman,Alan Wold, Ryan Bartsch

Week 14 Patrick Hoctor, Ehson Rad

12 January 2010

Art of Architecture Exhibit


January 15 - February 14

BYOStudio
2246 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue
Milwaukee WI 53207

414-699-7033

Gallery Hours:

Thursday: 1-5pm
Friday: 1-5pm
Saturday: 1-5pm
Sunday: 1-5pm

Come see some of the work of SARUP students and faculty.

22 November 2009

Visible Certainty 2010

This course focuses on the importance, theory and fundamentals of diagramming and mapping information and concepts in a manner relevant to architects. Students study what it means to abstract something and must demonstrate ability to dismantle a system and re-assemble it visually. They do this through assigned exercises along with their own areas of investigation. The assigned exercises include diagramming a film, a painting, a data set, and a self-initiated design research topic.

18 November 2009