{"id":1639,"date":"2017-04-14T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2017-04-14T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:29:05","slug":"thames-pulse-such-live-data-artwork-much-sophisticated-to-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/04\/14\/thames-pulse-such-live-data-artwork-much-sophisticated-to-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"Thames-Pulse : Such\u00a0Live Data Artwork &#8211; Much Sophisticated to Understand\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Akshar Takle<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Organised by river charity Thames21 and made by artist Jason Bruges, the artwork shows different displays according to whether the water quality in Thames is improving, declining, or stable compared with the previous day&#8217;s data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Checkout the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thames Pulse\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYoim3v2gFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The external lights on Sea Container building, next to Thames in London are meant to change according to live data on the water quality of the river Thames. \u00a0It provides a striking visual display of health of the water flowing past, by using data from samples that are taken daily.<\/p>\n<p>But how is one supposed to interpret this sophisticated live action data viz?<\/p>\n<p>Lets see what data is meant to be conveyed about the health of the river:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The health of the river is declining today, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thames21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Thames21<\/a> page this weekend to find out how you can help! \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FuuYQg99PN\">pic.twitter.com\/FuuYQg99PN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thames Pulse (@thamespulse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thamespulse\/status\/852536838107561985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The artwork displays one of three patterns based on whether the water quality is improving,\u00a0static or declining\u00a0compared to the previous week\u2019s data reading.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Declining\u00a0water quality: lighting is largely green and static<\/li>\n<li>Static: lighting becomes more animated: a blue \u2018wave\u2019 sweeps across building<\/li>\n<li>Improving: pink and blue lights pulsate furiously up and down the frontage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think the visualization fails to convey the intended message to the audience largely because of wrong choice of colors.<\/p>\n<p>Color plays a crucial role in transmitting a psychological message to the audience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green is a color is generally linked to nature, peace, well-being and freshness. If used to represent declining water quality, people can easily misinterpret it to be the opposite.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, a shade of red color speeds up the heart rate and conveys a message of danger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I conclusion, the user experience should be also taken into consideration and not merely the aesthetics for a visualization to be effective.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/londonist.com\/london\/best-of-london\/now-you-can-see-how-healthy-the-thames-is<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.thames21.org.uk\/Pulse\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akshar Takle Organised by river charity Thames21 and made by artist Jason Bruges, the artwork shows different displays according to whether the water quality in Thames is improving, declining, or stable compared with the previous day&#8217;s data. Checkout the video below: The external lights on Sea Container building, next to Thames in London are meant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/04\/14\/thames-pulse-such-live-data-artwork-much-sophisticated-to-understand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thames-Pulse : Such\u00a0Live Data Artwork &#8211; Much Sophisticated to Understand\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"atakle","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/author\/atakle\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Akshar Takle Organised by river charity Thames21 and made by artist Jason Bruges, the artwork shows different displays according to whether the water quality in Thames is improving, declining, or stable compared with the previous day&#8217;s data. 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